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Natalia Belchenko

Polish Ukrainian

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(b. 1973) – Ukrainian poet and translator, graduate of the Faculty of Member of the Ukrainian PEN Club and STL – Polish Literary Translators Association. Author of 12 volumes of poetry, e.g. (in Polish translation) Naddnieprze (SPP Kraków, 2023), Strzała Zenona (Pogranicze, Sejny, 2024), Wilga (KEW, 2024). Her poetry has been translated into 16 languages. She was awarded the Hubert Burda European Poetry Award (Germany, 2000), the third place prize in a competition for the best translations of Wisława Szymborska’s poetry (Poland, 2015), the Lesia and Petro Kovalev Foundation Prize (USA, 2019). In 2022, she took part in the 5th World Congress of Translators of Polish Literature.

Translations

  • Poświatowska, Halina, Вірші. Stilet i Stylos: Kyiv 2025.
  • Borzeszkowska, Małgorzata, Уламки. Рік перший / Odłamki. Rok pierwszy. Lublin 2025.
  • Taborska, Agnieszka, Жирафи-літуни. Dajama: Bratislava 2024.
  • Rosé, Alicja, Море вночі стає м’язом серця. Dukh i Litera: Kyiv 2024.
  • Various Authors, Польські колядки. Litopys: Lviv 2023.
  • Jastrun, Mieczysław, Знаходжу знов себе. Вибрані вірші. Krok: Ternopil 2023.
  • Suwiński, Bartosz, Слово про існування. Про творчість Галини Посвятовської. Krok: Ternopil 2022.
  • Szuber, Janusz, Кругле око погоди та інші вірші. Krok: Ternopil 2021.

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