Biography

Halyna Pagutyak (real name — Galyna Vasylivna Moskalets) is a Ukrainian writer, prose writer, author of mytho-poetic literature, distinguished by mysticism, multidimensionality and deep psychologism. Her prose is often called charming and philosophical at the same time, and the author herself is one of the most mysterious figures of modern Ukrainian literature.

Biography

She was born on July 26, 1958 in the village of Zalokot, Drohobytsky District, Lviv Region, later the family moved to the village of Urizh. She received her education at the Faculty of Ukrainian Philology of Kyiv State University named after Taras Shevchenko**.

Worked:

  • at school,
  • in the Drohobytsky Museum of Local Lore,
  • in a private school,
  • in the Lviv Art Gallery.

Currently lives and works in Lviv.

Creativity

Halyna Pagutyak made her debut at the age of twenty and immediately announced herself as a brave, original and profound author. Her style stands out:

  • in a mystical and symbolic manner,
  • breakthrough to fictional worlds,
  • the effort to understand the borderline states of human existence,
  • emphasized understatement that provokes the reader to co-creation.

Her texts are an attempt to save the soul in a cruel world, and at the same time - journeys through the unconscious, mythology, historical echoes.

Main works

  • Children (1982)
  • The Host (1986)
  • Get into the garden (1989)
  • Mustard Seed (1990)
  • Sunset in the Harvest (1993)
  • Dukla (1994)
  • Biographer of Leontovych (2001)
  • Servant from Dobromil (2010) — Laureate of the National Award named after Taras Shevchenko
  • And also: Notes of the White Bird, The Trash of Our Lord, The Joyful Desert, The Book of Dreams and Awakenings, The Basis, The Pass, a series of essays and poems

Translations

Her works have been translated:

  • in English (Get into the garden)
  • in German (excerpts from Sunset in the Harvest, short stories The sun will burn you, Look back)
  • in Russian (Children)
  • Slovak (Nightingale)
  • in Croatian (Look back)

Recognition

  • Member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine
  • Laureate of the National Award named after Taras Shevchenko (2010) — for the book "Servant from Dobromil"

Halyna Pagutyak is an author who manages to combine metaphysical depth with Ukrainian traditionalism, lyrism with existential anxiety, and prose with magic. Her texts are a territory where the reader's imagination opens new layers of reality.