Alexander Stemp

Alexander Stemp

ALEXANDER STEMP took to writing recently after many visits to the Ukraine Carpathians. During this time, with various photographs, he put together a light, geographical travel guide called The Ukraine Carpathians: Europe’s Last Great Wilderness. After being published in 2011, he received critical acclaim with his book and has returned to Ukraine on a regular basis to make book presentations and to appear as a guest on Ukraine TV. He is currently working on short stories to be published soon.

SZELMENC: THE DIVIDED VILLAGE

The little town of Szelmenc, better known as the divided village, derives its uniqueness from its resemblance to a miniature version of Cold War Berlin, thanks to a troublesome border. With its population of Hungarians, Slovaks and Ukrainians, sleepy little Szelmenc sits right on the Slovakian–Ukrainian border, halfway between Uzhgorod/Ungvár