Biography

Yevgenia Kononenko is a Ukrainian writer, translator, literary critic and one of the most influential authors of modern Ukrainian prose.

Education and professional path

She was born February 17, 1959 in Kyiv. Education combines exact and humanitarian sciences:

  • 1981 — graduated from the Mechanical and Mathematical Faculty of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University
  • 1994 — received a philological education at the Faculty of French Philology of the Kyiv Institute of Foreign Languages

She works as a research associate of the Ukrainian Center for Cultural Studies. Member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine and the Association of Ukrainian Writers.

Literary creativity

Author:

  • short stories, novellas, novels
  • essays, poetry collections, children's books
  • translations from French and English

Her texts are distinguished by thematic breadth: from gender issues to popular culture. Special recognition was gained by short prose, which became the subject of translations and literary studies in Ukraine and abroad.

Recognition and honors

  • Mykola Zerov Award from the French Embassy (1993) — for the translation of the French sonnet anthology

  • Award winner:

  • "Granoslov"

  • magazine "Sucasnost" for the novel "Imitation"
  • All-Ukrainian rating "Book of the Year"

International presence

Her works have been translated into English, German, French, Croatian, Finnish, Czech, Polish, Belarusian, Japanese and Russian.

Participated in international literary forums and cultural events in:

  • France
  • USA
  • Poland
  • Finland
  • Estonia
  • of Russia

Remaining loyal to Kyiv, Evgenia Kononenko combines scientific, cultural and literary activities, affirming the intellectual face of Ukrainian literature.