Angelus Central European Literature Award
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Edition 8 (2013) Winner
Oksana Zabuzhko
オクサナ・ステファニウナ・ザブジュコ
Oksana Stefanivna Zabuzhko
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1960-09-19 （Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR）
- Nationality
- Ukraine
- Languages
- Ukrainian, Russian, English
- Residence History
- 1960–1968: Lutsk → 1968–: Kyiv (resident)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet, essayist, literary scholar
- Active Years
- 1985-
- Affiliations
- Hryhori Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Memberships
- PEN International (Ukrainian branch) — Vice-President (1995–2010)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | Faculty of Philosophy | Aesthetics (PhD) | Doctorate (PhD) | — | Ukraine |
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Faculty of Philosophy
/ Aesthetics (PhD)
Degree:
Doctorate (PhD)
Year of Graduation:
1987
Country:
Ukraine
Earned a doctorate in aesthetics in 1987. Reports receiving philological education at home as well.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Antonovych Prize | — | — | Antonovych Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Angelus Award | — | — | Angelus Central European Literature Award | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Shevchenko National Prize | — | — | Committee for the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine | 受賞（ラウレート） |
| 2020 | Women in Arts Award | — | — | Women in Arts | 受賞 |
| 2023 | BBC 100 Women | — | — | BBC | 選出 |
Antonovych Prize
2009
Organization:
Antonovych Foundation
Result:
受賞
Angelus Award
2013
Organization:
Angelus Central European Literature Award
Result:
受賞
Shevchenko National Prize
2019
Organization:
Committee for the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine
Result:
受賞（ラウレート）
Women in Arts Award
2020
Organization:
Women in Arts
Result:
受賞
BBC 100 Women
2023
Organization:
BBC
Result:
選出
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex
1996 Contemporary Ukrainian literature (novel)A controversial and innovative novel addressing feminism, the body, and national identity; provoked wide debate in Ukraine upon publication.
genderthe bodynational identitypost-Soviet society
Translations
- English translation (Halyna Hryn, AmazonCrossing, 2011)
The Museum of Abandoned Secrets
2009 Historical novel / Contemporary novelSpanning several eras from WWII to the early 2000s, the novel explores Ukrainian resistance, memory, and the interplay of history and politics.
history and memorypolitics and resistancefamily history
Translations
- English translation (Nina Shevchuk-Murray, AmazonCrossing, 2012)
Notre Dame d'Ukraine: A Ukrainian Woman in the Conflict of Mythologies
2007 Non-fiction / Cultural criticismA study centered on Lesya Ukrayinka that examines Ukrainian intelligentsia and cultural values, and Ukraine's European legacy in literature.
cultural criticismUkrainian literary historyfemale figures
Bibliography
- May Frost (1985)
- The Conductor of the Last Candle (1990)
- Hitchhiking (1994)
- Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex (1996)
- Shevchenko's Myth of Ukraine: An Attempt at a Philosophical Analysis (1996)
- Sister, Sister (2003)
- Let My People Go: 15 Texts About Ukrainian Revolution (2005)
- Notre Dame d'Ukraine (2007)
- The Museum of Abandoned Secrets (2009)
- Wormwood Planet (2020)
Translations of Works
- English: Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex (2011)
- English: The Museum of Abandoned Secrets (2012)
- Selected Poems (English translations, 2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- blend of poetic and intellectual voicesfeminist perspective in essays and fictioninterweaving history and personal memory
- Recurring Motifs
- national identitywomen and the bodymemory and traumapost-Soviet society
Legacy
Oksana Zabuzhko is one of the leading contemporary Ukrainian writers, internationally recognized for her incisive essays and novels on feminism and national identity. Several major works have been translated into many languages and prompted academic and cultural debate.
Academic Societies
- PEN International (Ukrainian branch)
Quotes
-
Ukrainians are fighting to free Europe from the spectre of totalitarianism
Source: Address to the European Parliament plenary (8 March 2022) (2022)
Trivia
- On 8 March 2022 she became the first person who was neither an EU citizen nor an official to address a plenary session of the European Parliament.
- Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex (1996) is regarded as one of the most influential books in post-independence Ukrainian society.
- Her works have been translated into 15+ languages.