The Lemko Muse: A Travelogue and Biography
by Corinna Caudill
The following story
is part travelogue and part biography. The
interconnected vignettes chronicle an October 2011 fieldwork trip to western
Ukraine where my colleague Maryann Sivak and I interviewed ethnic Lemkos who
were deported from southeastern Poland in the aftermath of World War II. It was on this journey that we met the Lemko
poet Kateryna Rusyn, who was eight years old when her family was deported from
the eastern Lemko region in the spring of 1946.
Pani Kateryna charmed us with her wit and humor, overwhelmed us with her
hospitality, and inspired us with her enduring love for her culture and
homeland. In the few short days we spent
with her, she became much more than a research participant for our project. She became our muse.
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Thank you very much! :) - Corinna
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