Volha Hapeyeva | |
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Native name | Вольга Гапеева |
Born | Minsk, Belarus |
Notable awards | PEN Translates 2021 |
Website | |
https://hapeyeva.org/ |
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]