February 2nd, 2016

Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University

On February, 2nd 2016 an Agreement on international cooperation on education, science and culture the was signed by, prof. Juan Manuel Marcos, Rector of Universidad del Norte, Asuncion, Paraguay and by prof. Viktor Ogneviuk, Rector of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University.

Since Dr. Igor Protsenko, professor of UniNorte, Asunción, Paraguay gave a public lecture for the students of Humanities department during his visit to Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University on Jan, 18^th, the immediate collaboration started.

Students of Spanish Language at Chair of Romance philology and comparative linguistics, translated a documentary video dedicated to the author of the novel "Gunter`s Winter" by Juan Manuel Marcos, the rector of Universidad del Norte, one of the most important private universities of Paraguay.

The second part of cooperation launched by Universidad del Norte is the competition for the best translation of "Poemas y canciones" by Juan Manuel Marcos, (to download a pdf-file, please follow this link) so that in the future to publish a bilingual edition of his poems. You are most welcome send your translations to the Department of Romance Philology and comparative linguistics e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., marked “Translation contest "Poemas y canciones"

As further cooperation, publication of student and staff scientific articles at conferences and symposiums UniNorte, further cooperation on Paraguayan literature being translated into Ukrainian, the launch of Ukrainian Centre UniNorte based in Paraguay and other forms of scientific and cultural collaboration.