Ulyanovsk took part in the project of Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature in New Zealand, the international anthology of texts "The Heat is On: Young Writers on the Climate Crisis"
26.01.2022
Apoem by a young Ulyanovsk poet, Artem Arturovich Dallakyan, will be included in the international digital anthology of texts "The Heat is On: Young Writers on the Climate Crisis", dedicated to the issues of the climate crisis on the planet within the framework of Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature project in New Zealand.
Under to the terms of the competition, authors from UNESCO Cities of Literature under the age of 20 were invited to participate. Participants were asked to create a work with a maximum volume of up to 750 words in any format: from prose and poetry, to a graphic story and song lyrics. The theme of each creative work is connected one way or another with the main issue of the entire anthology: the climate crisis on the planet.
According to the results of the competitive selection, one representative from each UNESCO City of Literature was selected . Ulyanovsk will be represented by Artem Arturovich Dallakyan, the winner of the "First Dew - 2020" youth literary competition in the "Poetry" nomination. The anthology is scheduled for release in the summer of 2022, especially for World Environment Day. The text of each author will be published both in the original language and in English.
We warmly congratulate Artem Dallakyan and invite you to read his competitive work in English:
Artyom Dallakyan
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The field is scorched, a bag above it floats,
As white and lasting as it’s empty.
To you ash-born I send my warm hellos –
Divine, for they are simple, plenty.
Dance on, set out to pull the string
Of tales that fates are yet to spin, to author.
It’s hot, and thirst today will sting,
We need more clues, no less than water.
Stay wild, don’t be afraid to burn at will –
Die, resurrect, cognize – omega, alpha, sigma,
Be true to war inside and out, keen to kill.
Sepárabis terram ab igne!