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Sviato Roksolana
Valentyn Kuzan

Sviato Roksolana

Translator, literary scholar, literary critic

Translator, literary scholar, literary critic. Translates from German, English, and Polish into Ukrainian. Born in 1983 in Kyiv.

Graduated from the National University "Kyiv Mohyla Academy", where she studied history, theory of literature, and comparative studies (1995—2005). 2005—2008 – PhD program at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

In the 2000s worked as a literary editor for several Ukrainian publishing houses. As a literary critic wrote for several Ukrainian literary and cultural magazines and websites. In 2008 was an author and a columnist for the magazine "Ukrainsky Zhournal" (Ukraine — Czech Republic). Was a regular contributor to the literary website "Litakcent".

In 2008 was a lecturer at the University "Kyiv Mohyla Academy".

Over ten years was a member of the editorial board of the magazine "Kino-Teatr" (2015) and a member of the Center of Cinematography Studies at the Kyiv Mohyla University.

2009 — a libretto author for the experimental opera "Solitude" (composer – Anastasiya Komlikova), which premiered at the Opera Studio by the National Music Academy of Kyiv.
2013—2016 — book reviews’ editor of the "Krytyka"-magazine, translator, co-worker.
Since 2020 року — editor of Ukrainian and Polish translations at the "Kupido Literaturverlag" publishing house (Cologne, Germany).
Since 2018 lives as a free translator and author.

Bibliography

Book translations

From German:

1. Jauß, Hans Robert. Ästhetische Erfahrung und literarische Hermeneutik. Osnovy, Kyiv, 2011 (with P. Taraschuk)
2. Abonji, Melinda Nadj. Tauben Fliegen Auf (Novel). Komora, Kyiv, 2015.
3. Lüscher, Jonas. Frühling der Barbaren. Osnovy, Kyiv, 2017.
4. Marta Hillers (Anonyma). Eine Frau in Berlin (Komora, Kyiv, 2019).
5. Karl Jaspers. Die Schuldfrage: Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Frage (Fragments).
("Ukraina Moderna"-№28. – 2000)
6. Hertha Kräftner. Ausgewählte Werke, Briefe, Dokumente (with Mark Belorusets).
(to be published in the fall 2023. Ukrainski Propilei, Kyiv).
7. Alois Prinz. Und jedem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne. Biografie von Hermann Hesse (Tempora, Kyiv, 2021).
8. Nino Kharatischwili. Achtes Leben. Für Brilka (Komora, Kyiv, 2022)
9. Alois Prinz. Auf der Schwelle zum Glück. Die Lebensgeschichte des Franz Kafka (to be published in 2023).
10. Walter Benjamin. Selection of essays (Photography). To be published in 2023 (Kharkiv Photography School).
11. Bachmann, Ingeborg. Kriegstagebuch. Mit Briefen von Jack Hamesh (translated for "Osnovy" Publishing House 2018. Not published).

From English:

1. Museum Marketing and Strategy / Neil G. Kother, Philip Kotler, Wendy I. Kotler. Stylos, Kyiv, 2010 (Co-translator)
2. Timothy Snyder. Ukrainian history, Russian politics, European Future. Dukh i Litera, Kyiv, 2014 (With O. Panych)
3. Austen, Jane. Graham-Smith, Seth. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Osnovy, Kyiv, 2016. (With Ia. Strikha)
4. Bergstein, Rachelle. Fire and Brilliance. Biography of Diamonds. Yakaboo Publishing, Kyiv, 2017.
5. Bridget Quinn. Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order). ArtHuss, 2018.
6. Joshua Cooper Ramo. The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune and Survival in the Age of Networks (Yakaboo Publishing, 2018).
7. Don Thompson. Orange Balloon Dog. Bubbles, Turmoil and Avarice in the Contemporary Art Market (ArtHuss, 2018)
8. George Baker. Photography’s Expended Field (IST Publishing, Kyjiw, 2018).
9. Slavenka Drakulic. They Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in the Hague (Komora, Kyiv, 2018)
10. Slavenka Drakulic. How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed ( Yakaboo Publishing, 2019).
11. Ross King, Leonardo and the Last Supper (ArtHuss, 2019).
12. Slavenka Drakulic. Café Europe (Yakaboo Publishing, Kyiv, 2020)
13. Lee McIntyre. Posttruth (ArtHuss, 2021)
14. Slavenka Drakulic. Café Europe (revisited) (Yakaboo Publishing, 2021).

From Polish:

1. Janusz Korczak. Право на повагу. Kyiv, Dukh-i-Litera, 2012 (with I. Kovalshuk, B. Matiyash).
2. Marcin Przewoźniak. Najdziwniejsze fobie. Kyiv, Knyholav, 2023
3. Bohdan Osadczuk. Eseje wybrane. To be published in 2023 (With O. Szeremet).