Marianna Kiyanovska
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Marianna Kiyanovska Shevchenko National Prize laureate[1] | |
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| Born | 17 November 1973 |
| Occupation | Prose writer, literary scholar, literary critic |
Marianna Kiyanovska (born 17 November 1973) is a Ukrainian poet, translator and a literary scholar and is a recipient of the Shevchenko National Prize (2020) and the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award (2022) for the poetry book The Voices of Babyn Yar. She is a member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine and PEN Ukraine.
Marianna Kiyanovska was born on 17 November 1973[2] in Zhovkva.[3] She holds a degree in Ukrainian studies[4] from the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.[3] She co-created an all-female literary group called ММЮННА ТУГА, together with Natalka Sniadanko, Mariana Savka and others.[5]
Career
She debuted in 1997 with poetry book Reincarnation.[3] 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.[3]
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.[4] She is the coordinator of the Lviv office[4] of Ukrainian Association of Writers, as well as a member of National Union of Ukrainian Writers and PEN Ukraine.[3]
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.[3]
Her works have been translated into eighteen languages[6] including English, German and Italian.[3]
Scholarships and awards
She has won scholarships from the Polish Gaude Polonia program (2003, 2009, 2016) and a Slovene CEI Fellowship (2007).[3] In 2011, she was among the finalists for the Joseph Conrad-Korzeniowski Literary Prize and she became the laureate of the International Festival of Poetry Kyiv Laurs.[3] Two years later she was presented with the Polish Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.[4][6] In 2020, she was awarded the Shevchenko National Prize for The Voices of Babyn Yar[6] poetry book, where she lent her voice to the Jewish victims of the Babi Yar massacre.[7] In 2022, its Polish translation received recognition with a European Poet of Freedom Award; later that year Kiyanovska was also awarded the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award.[8]