Marek Kohn
@marekkohn
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Writer: science, society, diversity, identity. Latest book: The Stories Old Towns Tell. Latest revised book: Dope Girls.
Brighton
Joined March 2009
Yes bring us that literary fiction! Super excited and honoured to be one of next year's judges
The #EBRDLiteraturePrize2026 is open for submissions! New judges @marekkohn, Chigozie Obioma & @lea_ypi w/chair @MayaJaggi to read & consider translated literary fiction from economies where we invest. Deadline: 🗓️8 Dec More info: https://t.co/ISgbiggb9k
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Thrilled and very proud to be on this shortlist!
Congratulations to Marek Kohn ( @marekkohn ), author of "The Stories Old Towns Tell: A Journey through Cities at the Heart of Europe" ( @yalepress 2023) for being named to the shortlist for the 2026 Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies.
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Nature, belonging, and drones in the night: moments from our conversation at the edge of a wetland in the middle of Ukraine https://t.co/tbU24hDhSI
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My book about #climate and the British Isles is in the new @bookshop_org_UK ebook range; turns out the 2100 future I imagined in 2009 is approaching faster than scheduled. Climate breakdown and Britain's national identity crisis are on course to merge. https://t.co/PE6QTMNJnx
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War has changed how Ukrainians speak — and what they refuse to. For Da Vinci Wolves commander Serhii Filimonov, language is central to his transformation and to his children’s. In this video, he explains why his son doesn’t speak Russian — and why it matters.
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The sounds of war just reached deep into the Polish countryside too. Surreal experiences are often previews of a new reality. #Poland #Ukraine
'I heard the air siren from the nearby village, and that was a really surreal experience, because you know that place where you grew up, running with friends, swimming in the river, herding cows, going for walks, and then that surreal sound …' https://t.co/Pi17RMvshG
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'I heard the air siren from the nearby village, and that was a really surreal experience, because you know that place where you grew up, running with friends, swimming in the river, herding cows, going for walks, and then that surreal sound …' https://t.co/Pi17RMvshG
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also on Spotify https://t.co/Wi89YnZlPi audio-only: Apple, Amazon podcasts YouTube has English subtitle option
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Kupala Brighton · Episode
We travelled to the Ukrainian village that is the deep inspiration for our project, and talked on the edge of its wetlands: about nature, childhood, imagination, the sounds of war in the air, and why places must not be stolen from people. https://t.co/aNgXwfaRAV
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We travelled to the Ukrainian village that is the deep inspiration for our project, and talked on the edge of its wetlands: about nature, childhood, imagination, the sounds of war in the air, and why places must not be stolen from people. https://t.co/aNgXwfaRAV
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I bought some dried mushrooms in the Ukrainian Carpathians, but not the ones in the tub on the right, this isn't a fairy tale 🍄
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Russia has destroyed tens of thousands of homes in Ukraine. Now, Ukrainian architects are helping communities rebuild authentically. With Craft Story, we show how they preserve regional architecture through an online tool that lets people design homes rooted in tradition.
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Loved @marekkohn’s book. Reading it felt like walking through Central Europe itself - Warsaw, Vilnius, Prague, Frankfurt. Cities rebuilt from ruins of WWII, yet still carrying the memory and scars of war in their reconstruction.
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All these brilliant performers, and we'll be there too! Looking forward hugely to the Summer Fusion Festival at the Jubilee Library in Brighton, Sun 7 Sept, 11 – 3, free, all welcome! https://t.co/MPzUkVBHSm
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"The rise of the city's #underground nightlife." Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @marekkohn & @GrantaBooks! Read/subscribe to Damn History: https://t.co/fue2o3nUz1
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A week ago I was eating grapes from a Ukrainian kitchen garden (= small farm in UK city terms) and thinking I should follow the example in my own small way back home so ... rose hip syrup soundtrack: The Ukrainian Shelf 5: Food https://t.co/fm4jMZAhkA
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We made it, 2700km from Brighton to the birthplace of Kupala in the middle of Ukraine!
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'These are not images of this reconstruction': renovation work in Lviv's old town confronts passers-by with a street screen showing the aggressor's destruction of #Ukrainian built heritage.
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We found a new place to celebrate Kupala this midsummer, and wrote a new piece to accompany it as well 🌿 https://t.co/8YhZEOWvym
kupalabrighton.org
A New Place
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As it's Rusalnyi Week, when #rusalka spirits come out of water, and sea-themed #FolkloreThursday, we'd like to point out it's a myth that rusalky are #mermaids. Key diffs: Fish-tails: mermaids✅ rusalky❎ Complex, tragic backstories: rusalky✅ mermaids ❎ https://t.co/2N4gYni9cw
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Since it's Rusalnyi Week, when #rusalka spirits come out of water, we'd just like to point out that rusalky are❗️not #mermaids❗️Key differences: Fish-tails: mermaids✅ rusalky❎ Complex, tragic backstories: rusalky✅ mermaids ❎ More: https://t.co/KdjxGgPH5n
#MythologyMonday
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