Marjana Savka is a Ukrainian poet, children’s author and publisher. She published several collections of poetry, including Eight Notes from the Blue Angel, translated by Askold Melnyczuk, and Love and War, co-authored with Marianna Kiyanovska. In 2003 she was awarded the Vasyl Stus Award for her poetry. She is the founder of Vdavnytstvo Staroho Leva, an acclaimed publishing house in Lviv.
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Poetry
“Child, hold your doll, hold your teddy bear, hold your kitty.”
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