Marianna Kiyanovska
Marianna Kiyanovska | |
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Born | November 17, 1973 |
Occupation | Prose writer, literary scholar, literary critic |
Marianna Kiyanovska (born November 17, 1973, in
Early life and education
Marianna Kiyanovska was born on November 17, 1973[1] in Zhovkva.[2] She holds a degree in Ukrainian studies[3] from the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.[2] She co-created an all-female literary group called ММЮННА ТУГА, together with Natalka Sniadanko, Mariana Savka and others.[4]
Career
She debuted in 1997 with poetry book Reincarnation.[2] Her works have appeared in various anthologies, almanacs and magazines, such as Svitovyd, Suchasnist`, Chetver, Kuryer Kryvbasu, Kalmius, Literatura na Świecie, Studium, Akcent and Ukrainian Quarterly.[2]
In 2011, she founded the Big Hedgehog: the first non-governmental literary award in Ukraine dedicated to honoring authors of books for children and youth.[3] She is the coordinator of the Lviv office[3] of Ukrainian Association of Writers, as well as a member of National Union of Ukrainian Writers and PEN Ukraine.[2]
She works as a translator and has translated to Ukrainian works by Salim Babullaoglu, Julian Tuwim, Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, Adam Wiedemann, Gintaras Grajauskas, and Shota Iatashvili.[2]
Her works have been translated into eighteen languages[5] including English, German and Italian.[2]
Scholarships and awards
She has won scholarships from the Polish “Gaude Polonia” program (2003, 2009, 2016) and a Slovene CEI Fellowship (2007).
Publications
Poetry
- Reincarnation (1997),
- Wreath of sonnets (1999),
- Creation of Myths (2000),
- Love and War (with Mariana Savka, 2000),
- Book of Adam (2004),
- Common Language (2005),
- Something daily (2008),
- To EP (2014),
- 373 (2014),
- Letters from Lithuania/Letters from Lviv (with Mariana Savka, 2016)[2]
- The Voices of Babyn Yar[5] (2017)[6]
Prose
- Path along the river (2008) – stories[2]
See also
- List of Ukrainian-language poets
- List of Ukrainian women writers
- List of Ukrainian literature translated into English
References
- ISBN 9789660220744. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Kiyanovska Marianna". PEN Ukraine. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ a b c d "Stolica języka polskiego" (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ "Savka Maryana". PEN Ukraine. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ a b c d "HURI Books". Harvard Ukrainian Studies. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ a b "The Voices of Babyn Yar in the Poetry of Marianna Kiyanovska". Poetry International Online. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ "Laureate of The Zbigniew Herbert Award 2022". Fundacja Herberta. Retrieved 2022-10-04.