Volha Hapeyeva

Volha Hapeyeva
Native name
Вольга Гапеева
BornMinsk, Belarus
Notable awardsPEN Translates 2021
Website
https://hapeyeva.org/
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Volha Hapeyeva (Belarusian: Вольга Гапеева; born 1982 in Minsk) is a Belarusian poet, writer, translator, and linguist.[1] Hapeyeva holds a doctorate in comparative linguistics[2] and has taught at two universities, in Minsk and Vilnius.[1]

Hapeyeva has been publishing poetry, prose, and drama since 1999. In addition, she is a translator of fiction and poetry from English, German, Chinese, and Japanese. She is a member of the Belarusian PEN-Centre and of the Union of the Belarusian Writers.

Her works have been translated into English, German, Polish, Czech, Macedonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovenian, Georgian, Dutch, and Russian.[3] A collection of her poetry in English, In My Garden of Mutants, appeared with Arc Publications in 2021, translated by Annie Rutherford.[4] The collection received a PEN Translates award.[5] Volha collaborates with electronic musicians and gives audio-visual performances.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Вольга Гапеева: "Беларускія аўтары ўсё вымушаны рабіць самі"" (in Belarusian). Часопіс ARCHE-Пачатак. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Biography". Official website. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Volha Hapeyeva / Belarus | International Literature Corporation MERIDIAN CZERNOWITZ". Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Arc Publications - Books". www.arcpublications.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. ^ "PEN Translates awards announced". English Pen. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  6. ^ Volha Hapeyeva (24 September 2014), Volha Hapeyeva's audio-poetic Performance "Household Poetry" with Ulad Buben (music+video), retrieved 22 July 2019