Natalia Belchenko, also spelled Beltchenko[1] (born January 7, 1973) is a Ukrainian poet and translator.
Natalia Belchenko | |
|---|---|
| Наталія Юліївна Бельченко | |
| Born | January 7, 1973 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Occupation(s) | poet, translator |
Early life and education edit
Natalia Belchenko was born on January 7, 1973, in Kyiv.[1] She completed studies in Philology at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.[1][2]
Career edit
Natalia Belchenko debuted in 1997, with a book titled Sleep Warden.[1] She has published nine poetry collections.[2] Belchenko is a laureate of several awards, including the Hubert-Burda-Preis für junge Lyrik (2000) and the National Writer’s Union of Ukraine Mykola Ushakov Prize in Literature (2006).[1] In 2017 she won a scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage “Gaude Polonia” program.[2][3] Her poems have been translated into German, French, English, Bulgarian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian and Hebrew.[2][3]
Apart from writing, Belchenko also works as a literary translator, translating from Ukrainian and Belarusian into Russian and from Polish to Ukrainian.[1] She has translated, among others, works by Vasyl Makhno, Marianna Kiyanovska, Olesya Mamchich, Yuriy Izdryk, Zuzanna Ginczanka, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz[1] and Bolesław Leśmian.[4] She is a recipient of "Metaphor" Translation Award (2014)[4][5] and placed third in an International competition for the best Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian translations of Wisława Szymborska poetry (2015).[1][2][3]
Belchenko is a member of PEN Ukraine.[3]
Publications edit
- Sleep Warden, 1997
- Transit, 1998
- Karman imën Pocket of Names, 2002
- Creature in the Landscape, 2006
- Ответные губы (Reciprocal Lips), 2008
- A Wanderer/Fugitive, 2010
- Zrimorodok, 2013
- Знаки і знади (Signs and temptations), 2018[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Natalia Beltchenko". PEN Ukraine. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ a b c d e "Natalia Belczenko w mieszkaniu Szymborskiej". Fundacja Wisławy Szymborskiej (in Polish). 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ a b c d "Spotkanie z Natalią Belczenko". Nowy Napis (in Polish). 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ a b "Belczenko Natalia". Tekstualia (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ "Ukrainian poetry woman in Latvia - News -". Open Ukraine: Arseniy Yatsenyuk Foundation. Retrieved 2022-04-20.