Jevgenija Kononenko

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Jevgenija Kononenko

Eugenia Kononenko - writer, literary translator from English and French, member of the Ukrainian Center for Cultural Studies. Eugenia participated in many international literary, cultural and scien...view moreEugenia Kononenko - writer, literary translator from English and French, member of the Ukrainian Center for Cultural Studies. Eugenia participated in many international literary, cultural and scientific forums in Ukraine, France, USA, Poland, Finland, Estonia, and Russia. She is the winner of several literary and translation prizes. Born on February 17, 1959 in Kyiv, in 1981 she graduated from the Mechanics and Mathematics Department of the Shevchenko State University (now - Kyiv National University of Shevchenko) and in 1994 from French Philology Department in the Kyiv Institute of Foreign Languages (now - Kyiv Linguistic University). Eugenia lives in Kiev, raises a son and a daughter. The creative works of Eugenia Kononenko encompass poetry, short stories and essays, stories and novels, several children's books, a number of cultural explorations of the themes of popular culture and gender issues and journalistic articles. But most of all, Eugenia Kononenko received recognition for her short fiction: books of short stories, novels and essays are constantly re-published in Ukraine, translated abroad and are the subject of research in Ukraine and outside its borders. Today works by Eugenia Kononenko are already translated and published in Ukrainian, English, German, French, Croatian, Finnish, Czech, Russian, Polish, Belarusian and Japanese. Awards Joint winner of Prize Nicholas Zerov of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine and the Embassy of France Winner of the literary Award Granoslov Winner of the Ukrainian Book of the Year Award Winner of the literary competition Coronation of the Word Laureate of the Suchasnast magazine Literary Award Winner of the Berezil magazine Literary Award Winner of the Second All-Ukrainian contest of radio plays Revive the Forgotten Genre by the National Radio Company of Ukraine Winner of the short story competition From Kyiv With Love First Prize Winner of the International Literary Festival Just Becauseview less