Biography
Biography and Creativity
Kateryna Kalytko (1982) is a Ukrainian writer and translator, author of six poetry collections. Her last collection of poetry is "Kativnya". Vineyard. Dim" (Lviv, VSL, 2014) - received the "Litakcent of the year"* award.
She also published two books of short prose:
- "Mystery" (Kyiv, Fakt, 2007)
- "Land of the Lost, or Little Scary Tales" (Lviv, VSL, 2017) — laureate of the BVS Book of the Year 2017 award
Recognition and Awards
- Prize named after Joseph Konrad-Kozhenovsky (2017)
- International award Vilenica Crystal (2016)
- Fellow of the Central European Initiative Fellowship program
- Laureate of the short prose festival Imbiero Vakarai (Lithuania)
Previously, she also won a number of literary contests:
- "Granoslov"
- "Greetings of life" named after Bohdan-Ihor Antonych
- Contest of read poetry "Young wine"
- Contest of publishing house "Torch"
- Literary award "Blagovist"
Translation Activity
Kateryna translates from Balkan languages, in particular works:
- Milenko Yergovycha
- Ozrena Kebo
- Melina Kamerich
- Nenad Velichkovicha
- Milety Prodanovich
- Meshy Selimovich
and others.
Her translations were noted:
- prize of the magazine "Kryvbas Courier"
- translation prize METAPHORA
Translations and International Recognition
The works of Kateryna Kalitko have been translated into:
English, German, Polish, Armenian, Lithuanian, Slovenian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Italian and Hebrew.
In 2014, the collection "Gold, myrrh and honey" translated into Hebrew (Anton Paperny) was published in Israel.
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