Kateryna Babkina (Ukrainian: Катерина Бабкіна) (born 22 July 1985) is a Ukrainian poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. The winner of Angelus Central European Literature Award (2021).
Kateryna Babkina | |
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| Born | July 22, 1985 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine |
| Occupation | Writer |
Career edit
Babkina was born in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine in 1985.[1] She attended Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv to study journalism and graduated in 2007, going on to work as a freelance journalist.[2][3]
She worked as a contributing editor for Esquire in Ukraine (2012-2014). She also has had articles published in Focus, Business and Le Monde amongst others.
Babkina was the first Ukrainian author to have her readings at the Library of Congress, USA.[citation needed]
Her book My Grandfather Danced the Best won the 2021 Angelus Award.[4] In 2022, Babkina's novella for children "Cappy and the Whale" was published in translation by Penguin Random House, UK. In April 2023, the e-book "Mom, do you remember?" was published in Ukrainian (Warstwy, Poland).
Published work edit
Poetry edit
- St Elmo's Fire (2002)
- The Mustard (2011)
- Painkillers and Sleeping Pills (2014)
- Charmed for Love (2017)
- Does not hurt (2021)
Short story collections edit
- Lilu After You (2008)
- Schaslyvi holi lyudy (Happy Naked People) (2016)
Novels edit
- Sonia (2013)[5]
- My Grandfather Danced the Best (2019)
Screenplays edit
- Evil, as part of the 2013 Kinofest NYC festival[6]
Plays edit
- Hamlet.Babylon (2016), an adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet
Children's stories edit
- Harbuzovyi rik (The Pumpkin Year) (2014)
- Шапочка і кит (The Hat and the Whale) (2015)[7]
- Girls's power (2018, co-authored with Mark Livin)
- Snow heaty (2022)
Translated books edit
- poetry collection Ask for the same for all (Haver Laet Publishing House, Israel)
- novel Sonia (Warsztaty Kultury, Poland)
- novel Heute Fahre Ich nach Morgen (Haymon Verlag, Austria)
- a collection of short stories Szczęśliwi nadzy ludzie (Warsztaty Kultury Publishing House, Poland)
- short story collection Happy naked people (VINTAGEbooks, Cyprus)
- novel Nikt tak nie tańczył jak mój dziadek (Warsztaty Kultury Publishing House, Poland)
- novella for children Cappy and the Whale (Penguin Random House, UK)
- novel Moj deda je plesao bolje od svih (Blum izdavaštvo, Serbia)
References edit
- ^ Wicks, Les. Contemporary Poetry of the Ukraine and Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ "NEW YORK'S BOWERY POETRY CLUB LIVE IN KYIV" (PDF). 20 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "About the Poets". Poem: International English Language Quarterly. 5: 139–144. 2017. doi:10.1080/20519842.2017.1271654. S2CID 218835511.
- ^ "Nagrody Angelus i Silesius wręczone". TVN24 (in Polish). 23 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Fedyuk, Taras (12 November 2013). "The first pancake - not hlevkyy: review of the novel Katerina Babkina". BBC News (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "With the support of the Open Ukraine Foundation Kateryna Babkina presented Ukrainian film shorts at KINOFEST NYC". Open Ukraine. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year 2016 awards winners announced". BBC. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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