Halyna Petrosanyak | |
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Галина Іванівна Петросаняк | |
Born | 1969 |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Alma mater | Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University |
Occupation(s) | writer, translator |
Halyna Petrosanyak ( Ukrainian: Галина Іванівна Петросаняк; born 1969) is a Ukrainian poet, writer and translator.
Halyna Petrosanyak was born in 1969 in a remote village in the Ukrainian Carpathians. [1] She graduated in German and Russian studies from Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. [2]
Petrosanyak was among the authors linked to the group known as the Stanislav phenomenon. [1] She debuted in 1996 with her poetry book Парк на схилі [2] ("Park on the hill"). [3] A poem from the publication was awarded with the Bu-Ba-Bu "Best Poem of the Year" award. [1] [3] Petrosanyak is also the laureate of Hubert-Burda-Preis für junge Lyrik (2007) and the Ivan Franko Prize (2010). [2] Her works have appeared in various literary magazines and almanacs [1] and have been translated into several languages, including English, German, Polish, Russian, Czech and Italian. [2]
Petrosanyak works as a translator from Czech and German into Ukrainian. [1] She has translated, among others, the autobiographies of Alexander Granach and Soma Morgenstern. [2]
In 2021, the author's first novel "Villa Anemona" was published in Ukrainian. [4] [5] Also in 2021, the Ukrainian translation of the novel "Next Year in Jerusalem" by Andrè Kaminski was published. [6]
In 2022, the essay collection "Our Neighbour Albert Hoffmann" was published in Ukrainian. [7] [8] Furthermore, the Ukrainian translation of the Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke was published in the same year. [9] [10] Also, the poetry collection "Exophonies" was published in 2022 with a foreword by Ruth Schweikert. [11] [12] In the same year, the author attained membership in the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts [13] and was awarded the Literature Prize of the Kunststiftung NRW-Straelen. [14]