Edward Charlton-Jones and Nikita Grigorov

Donetsk, Paris, and Something in Between
Russian/Ukrainian border. Image courtesy of Kakhovka Images.

In a Library Chat in Paris, Edward Charlton- Jones and Nikita Grigorov had a conversation about two points in space – Donetsk and Paris, and what happened between them. War, refuge, a volunteer hospital, language, literature, and differences between Ukrainians and Russians – all of these are steps on the way from one city to another.
Nikita Grigorov

Born in Donetsk in 1994, Nikita Grigorov moved in 2014 to Kyiv. He majored in Eastern European Studies at Taras Shevchenko National University Kyiv and attended Charles University in Prague. His work as a journalist has appeared in Ukrainian and foreign media as well as in literary anthologies. He is also the author of scripts for independent films and short plays. Together with Veniamin Belyavsky, he contributed to, translated, and edited an anthology of Ukrainian writers from Donbas Порода (“Breed”).

Edward Charlton-Jones

Edward Charlton-Jones studied History and Russian at Oxford and Harvard. He has written and lectured on the Russian emigration to Constantinople in 1918-1923, as well as on aspects of Russian literature and art. He has practiced law in Paris and Istanbul, with a focus on international energy projects.

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