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Petro Palyvoda
Born	1959 (age 65–66) Volyn
Occupation	Poet, translator
Citizenship	Ukrainian

Petro Palyvoda (born 1959) is a Ukrainian poet and translator from Volyn. Writing in both Ukrainian and Esperanto languages, he lives in the Kyiv Oblast. His works have been translated into a number of languages.

At different times, his works have been written in different languages: Ukrainian, Esperanto, Russian, German, and translations from German, Spanish, Esperanto, Polish, Flemish, and Russian into Ukrainian and from Ukrainian to Esperanto, were published in newspapers, magazines, almanacs, and anthologies in Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Romania, the US, Australia, China, Costa Rica, Poland, Canada, Turkey, Croatia, Korea, Hungary, Israel, France, Japan, Brazil and Sweden.

He has translated poetry from Ukrainian into Esperanto of poets including:

In addition, he has translated poetry from Esperanto into Ukrainian of poets including:

And translated of:

• Pavlo Vyshebaba (from Ukrainian into Esperanto)

Winner of:

• the international literary contest in Esperanto (poetry) "Liro-1982" Kaliningrad, Russia (3rd prize)
• the international literary contest in Esperanto (poetry) "EKRA-2006", Razgrad, Bulgaria (1st prize)
• Ukrainian literary contest "Rukomeslo 2006", Kyiv (poetry - 3rd prize, translation - 2nd prize)
• winner of the XVII Ukrainian festival of Ukrainian modern pop songs "Song Vernissage-2006" (the author of the laureate lyrics)^[1]
• winner of the All-Ukrainian literary and musical contest "Inspiro" in the branches of "Original poetry" and "Translated poetry" (Kolomyia, 2015)
• winner of the International poetry contest "Una ballata per l'Esperanto" (Messina, Italy, 2019)
• winner of the international translation contest (poetry) "Lucija Borčić", Croatia, 2020 (3rd prize)
• winner of the international musical contest "Ĝanfranko", Italy, 2021 (1st and 2nd prizes)
• a winner (in co-authorship) of the All-Ukrainian literary competition "Mein Erinnerungsort" ("Place of my memory") of the German-Ukrainian cultural and educational center "Nürnberger Haus" in 2021 (special prize).

Palyvoda's literary works have been translated to German, Croatian, Italian, Korean, and French.

From 2004 to 2012, he was a member of the jury of the international competition of literary works and translations in Esperanto "Liro".

Palyvoda is the author of the poetry books "Against Time" (in Ukrainian"), Lutsk, Vezha-Druk, 2021, and "Pendolo" (in Esperanto and Korean translated by Jang Jeong Yeol (Ombro), Seoul, South Korea, Azalea, 2023. He is a translator and the redactor of the book "Pli leĝera ol aero" by Khrystyna Kozlovska in Esperanto published by Mondial (New-York, USA).

Palyvoda is a songwriter. His poems have been set to music by composers, including:

His songs have been performed by Ukrainian singers and bands, including:

• (Ukrainian) Laureat of Song Vernissage-2006

• Translation of a poem by Julián Marchena