Vsesvit

Vsesvit (Ukrainian: Всесвіт, pronounced [ˈʍsɛsʲʋʲit] ⓘ,Vsesvit) is a Ukrainian periodical that publishes exclusive translations of world classics and contemporary works of literature, covers different aspects of cultural, artistic, social, and political life in all parts of the world.

It was founded in 1925 by the prominent Ukrainian writers - Vasyl Ellan-Blakytnyi, Mykola Khvyliovyi and Alexander Dovzhenko.

Ars Translationis, a prestigious literary prize to commemorate famous Ukrainian translator Mykola Lukash, was established by the periodical in 1995.

For a number of generations living in the Soviet Union the journal was a kind of opening and served as a regular link to the "outer world", a break through the iron curtain as it were.

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Vsesvit: the Journal of Foreign Literature