Natalia Belchenko | |
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Наталія Юліївна Бельченко | |
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Nationality | Ukrainian |
Occupation(s) | poet, translator |
Natalia Belchenko, also spelled Beltchenko [1] (born January 7, 1973) is a Ukrainian poet and translator.
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]
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]
Natalia Belchenko | |
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Наталія Юліївна Бельченко | |
Born | |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Occupation(s) | poet, translator |
Natalia Belchenko, also spelled Beltchenko [1] (born January 7, 1973) is a Ukrainian poet and translator.
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]
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]