Iryna Zhylenko
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Irina (Iraida) Volodymyrivna Zhylenko (28 April 1941 – 3 August 2013), a Ukrainian poet, was the a wife of Volodymyr Drozd. She was born in Kyiv and died in August 2013 at the age of 72.
Biography
In 1964, she graduated from the Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv and published her first book of essays Bukovina Ballads.
She is the author of twelve books of poetry, including Solo for Sofia (1965), Self-Portrait in Red (1971), A Window into the Garden (1978), Concert for a Violin and a Grass-Hopper (1979), Market of Wonders (1982), The Last Street Organ-Grinder (1985), The Girl at the Ball (1987) Tea Ceremony (1987), An Evening Party in an Old Winery (1994) and Seasons (1999). She also wrote short stories and poetry for children.
English translations by Gladys Evans of her poems appeared in the Anthology of Soviet Ukrainian Poetry published in Kyiv in 1982. Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps translated her poem “In the Country House” and Yara Arts Group performed it as part of its Spinning Spells: Poetry in Performance series.[1] This translation was published in In a Different Light: A Bilingual Anthology of Ukrainian Literature Translated into English by Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps and Performed by Yara Arts Group, edited by Olha Luchuk.
Awards
In 1987, she received the Volodymyr Sosiura Literary Prize and was granted the Taras Shevchenko State Prize for her work for her collection of poetry Verchirka u starii vynarni (An Evening Party in an Old Winery).[2]
References
- ^ "Yara Arts Group Poetry - in the Country House, Iryna Zhylenko".
- ^ "The Ukrainian Arts Monitor". 1996-03-12. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
Sources
- "Żyłenko Iryna". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
- Iryna Zhylenko's obituary (in Ukrainian)
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