Team
Yuliya Musakovska is a Ukrainian poet and translator. She has published six poetry collections, most recently Stones and Nails (2024).
Her book The God of Freedom was shortlisted for the Lviv UNESCO City of Literature Prize, published in English translation by Olena Jennings with the author by Arrowsmith Press, and named among the Top 10 Ukraine-related books of 2024 by The Kyiv Independent.
Yuliya’s work has been translated into more than 30 languages. She won the 2025 Asian Prize for Poetry and the 2025 Diana Der Hovanessian Prize for poetry translation. She translated We Were Here, a frontline poetry collection by Ukrainian veteran Artur Dron’, published with Jantar (London). She is a member of PEN Ukraine.
Yuliya Musakovska
Hugh Roberts, Professor of French at the University of Exeter, has been facilitating translations of work by Ukrainian poet-soldiers since Yuliya Musakovska and Olena Huseinova introduced him to it in summer 2023.
He coordinates the Lines of Resistance initiative with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the British Academy, and the British Council.
Hugh Roberts
Olena Huseinova is a writer, radio host, and radio producer from Ukraine. She has authored three poetry collections: Відкритий Райдер (Open Rider) (2012), Супергерої (Superheroes) (2016), and Нічний ефір (Night Air) (2024).
She also writes short fiction and essays. Until January 2025, she served as the editor-in-chief at UA: Radio Culture, where she oversaw radio theatre and literary programming. Since February 26, 2022, she has been one of the key voices in the 24-hour news marathon on Ukrainian Radio. Writer-in-residence at the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa (2024).
In January 2025, she became the creative producer for Radio Khartiya, a project that has become the voice of front-line Kharkiv, led by Serhiy Zhadan.
Olena Huseinova