Babina Natalia

Natalia Babina (Dynko) was born on May 15, 1966, in the Ukrainian-speaking village of Zakazanka (Belarus, Brest region, Brest district) at the border with three countries: Poland, Ukraine and Belarus.

She worked as an engineer at plants and as a technician co-worker at newspapers’ editorial offices.

For 20 years she has collaborated as a journalist with one of the oldest Belarusian independent newspapers Nasha Niva. In addition, she has been published in a range of Belarusian and Ukrainian periodicals (Arkhe and Dziejaslou magazines (Belarus), newspapers such as Post-Postup (Ukraine), Zviazda (Belarus), and others).

Babina’s novel Down Among the Fishes was shortlisted for the prestigious Angelus European Literature Award (2011, Poland).

Since 2014, she has chaired the Ukrainian Literature Society at the Union of Belarusian Writers and edited Sprava, a Belarusian-Ukrainian almanac.

Natalia Babina is a member of PEN Belarus and the Union of Belarusian Writers.

She taught at the School of the Young Writer which is a part of the Union of Belarusian Writers.

Babina was the screenwriter of the children’s animation program Pryhody i Pakhody at the Belsat TV channel.

Natalia is married and has three children.