Slavinska Iryna

Slavinska Iryna

Member of the Executive Board

Born on October 8, 1987 in Kyiv. Journalist, presenter, translator, literary scholar, public figure, feminist.

Earned a master's degree at the Faculty of French Language of Kyiv National Linguistic University (Master's thesis titled "Intermedial Discource in the Novel by Irène Némirovsky "The Dogs and the Wolves"", academic supervisor — V. Fesenko). By occupation — philologist, teacher of world literature and foreign languages. Scholarship holder of Philéas Accueil program in 2008–2009 academic year.

In 2009–2011, was a teacher of modern Ukrainian literature and 19th–20th-century European literature at the Department of World Literature Theory and History at her alma mater.

In 2010, won a grant for the investigation of stealing and frauds at the Ukrainian art-market.

In 2010 and 2011, was a jury member of BBC Book of the Year Awards.

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