Kateryna Babkina ( ua, Катерина Бабкіна) (born 22 July 1985) is a Ukrainian poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. The winner of
Angelus Central European Literature Award (2021).
Career
Babkina was born in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine in 1985. She attended
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv to study journalism and graduated in 2007, going on to work as a freelance journalist.
She worked as a contributing editor for ''
Esquire
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'' in Ukraine (2012-2014). She also has had articles published in ''
Focus'', ''
Business
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'' and ''
Le Monde
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'' amongst others.
Kateryna was the first Ukrainian author to have her readings at the
Library of Congress
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, USA.
Her book ''My Grandfather Danced the Best'' won the 2021
Angelus Award. In 2022, Kateryna’s novella for children “Cappy and the Whale” was published in translation by Penguin Random House, UK. In April 2023, the e-book "Mom, do you remember?" was published in Ukrainian (Warstwy, Poland).
Published work
Poetry
* ''St Elmo's Fire'' (2002)
* ''The Mustard'' (2011)
* ''Painkillers and Sleeping Pills'' (2014)
* ''Charmed for Love'' (2017)
* ''Does not hurt'' (2021)
Short story collections
* ''Lilu After You'' (2008)
* ''Schaslyvi holi lyudy'' (''Happy Naked People'') (2016)
Novels
* ''Sonia'' (2013)
* ''My Grandfather Danced the Best'' (2019)
Screenplays
* ''Evil'', as part of the 2013 Kinofest NYC festival
Plays
* ''Hamlet.Babylon'' (2016), an adaptation of Shakespeare's
Hamlet
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Children's stories
* ''Harbuzovyi rik'' (''The Pumpkin Year'') (2014)
* ''Шапочка і кит'' (''The Hat and the Whale'') (2015)
* ''Girls's power'' (2018, co-authored with Mark Livin)
* ''Snow heaty'' (2022)
Translated books
* poetry collection ''Ask for the same for all'' (Haver Laet Publishing House, Israel)
* novel ''Sonia'' (Warsztaty Kultury, Poland)
* novel ''Heute Fahre Ich nach Morgen'' (Haymon Verlag, Austria)
* a collection of short stories ''Szczęśliwi nadzy ludzie'' (Warsztaty Kultury Publishing House, Poland)
* short story collection ''Happy naked people'' (VINTAGEbooks, Cyprus)
* novel ''Nikt tak nie tańczył jak mój dziadek'' (Warsztaty Kultury Publishing House, Poland)
* novella for children ''Cappy and the Whale'' (Penguin Random House, UK)
* novel ''Moj deda je plesao bolje od svih'' (Blum izdavaštvo, Serbia)
References
External links
Interview in ''The Odessa Review''Interview in ''Ukrainian Jewish Encounter''
Ukrainian women writers
Ukrainian women journalists
Ukrainian women novelists
Ukrainian children's writers
Ukrainian women children's writers
1985 births
Living people
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