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Povaliaieva Svitlana

Povaliaieva Svitlana

Writer, poet, journalist, public activist

Svitlana Povaliaieva is a Ukrainian writer, poet, journalist and civic activist. She was born on March 20, 1974, in Kyiv.

Povaliaieva graduated from the Institute of Journalism of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University (department of TV journalism at the Faculty of International Journalism). She worked as a journalist on radio, TV and in various internet and printed media. Among her working experiences, she appreciates the most the cooperation with Volodymyr Pavliv at IMC (now STB) TV channel, Oleksandr Kryvenko at the P&C (Politics and Culture) magazine, Roman Chayka at 5 TV channel, and Myroslava Barchuk at TVi.

Svitlana Povaliaieva is the winner of poetry competitions such as Young Wine, the All-Ukraine Literary Competition from the Smoloskyp Publishing House, or Start: Young Artists’ Competition from the International Renaissance Foundation.

Povaliaieva participated in numerous literary and music festivals, three revolutions (Revolution on Granite, Orange Revolution and Revolution of Dignity) and protest actions such as Ukraine Without Kuchma and the Language Maidan.

She is the author of seven poetry collections and one children’s book. Her texts had been published in many anthologies.

 

Bibliography

Books:

  • Exhumation of the City ("Ексгумація міста") – 2003
  • Instead of Blood ("Замість крові") – 2003
  • Origami Blues ("Орігамі-блюз") – 2005
  • Simurgh ("Сімург") – 2006
  • Camouflage in the Lipstick ("Камуфляж в помаді") – 2006
  • Vrrum the Wizard ("Вррум-чарівник"), children’s book – 2007
  • Whores. Skies Are the Kitchen for the Dead ("Лярви. Небо — кухня мертвих") – 2007
  • BARDO online (БАРДО online) – 2009
  • The Decameron. Ten Ukrainian Prose Writers of the Past Decade. ("Декамерон. 10 українських прозаїків останніх десяти років") – 2010
  • After Crimea ("Після Криму") – 2018

Anthologies:

  • Young Wine ("Молоде вино") – "Association 500", "Smoloskyp"
  • Collection 200 ("Колекція 2000") – "Association 500", "Smoloskyp"
  • Publications in the Chetver magazine
  • The Emerald Collection of Incidents and Curiosities ("Смараґдовий жмуток казусів і курйозів") by Yurko Kokh
  • Writers on Their Favorite Movies ("Письменники про улюблені фільми")
  • Open Air periodical
  • Metamorphosis ("Метаморфози") – KSD
  • Two anthologies of the texts by Ukrainian female writers: "HERSTORIES: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW UKRAINIAN WOMEN PROSE WRITERS" (UK) and "Portret kobiecy w odwróconej perspektywie" (Poland)
  • LitPost ("ЛітПошта") – Zhupanskiy Publishing House
  • The Anthology of Ukrainian Poetry of the 21st Century: From Tychyna to Zhadan ("Антологія української поезії ХХ століття: від Тичини до Жадана") – A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA
  • Letters from Ukraine ("Листи з України")
  • Art Barbakan. Triangle Ninety-Two ("Мистецький Барбакан. Трикутник дев’яносто два") – Liuta Sprava
  • The Decameron. Ten Ukrainian Prose Writers of the Past Decade. ("Декамерон. 10 українських прозаїків останніх десяти років") – KSD
  • Metamorphosis. Ten Ukrainian Poets of the Recent Years – KSD
  • Women’s Circle ("Жіноче коло")
  • The anthologies of Bookforum and YI Festival
  • SHO magazine
  • Saxifraga. VERSE LIBRE ("Ломикамінь. VERSE LIBRE")