Lydia Grigorieva at the British Library 12 April 2011

Lydia Grigorieva (, born 1945) is a Ukrainian

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who now lives in

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. Her work has been widely translated and she has worked with the

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, Russian radio and television and the

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.Watts, Stephen., ed. ''Mother Tongues: Non English-Language Poetry in England''. London: King's College London, 2001, p.295. Also described as a "photo-artist", Grigorieva uses a synthesis of poetry and photography in her work. The premiere of her ''Photo-Poetry'' took place at the State Pushkin Museum in

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. In 2011, she took part in a seminar at the

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titled ''At the Crossroads of Culture: Russian Writers Living in London''. Grigorieva read her work for the British Library's ''Dual Cultures, Between Two Worlds: Poetry and Translation'' project which explores the work of poets living in the UK whose first language is not English.Dual Cultures, Between Two Worlds: Poetry and Translation
British Library Press Release 12 April 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011. Films written by Grigorieva include: *''Tsvetaeva in London'' *''Gumilev in London'' *''Skriabin in London''

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Lydia Grigorieva reading her poetry at the British Library Archival Sound Recordings
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