Volodymyr Rafeienko
Illustration — Volodymyr Rafeienko in 2015 Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Rafeyenko (born November 25, 1969) is a Ukrainian prose writer, poet,[1] translator, literary and film critic,[2] a member of PEN Ukraine. From 1992 to 2018, was writing in Russian, published his works mostly in Russia and was regarded as a representative of Russian literature. In 2014, having moved to the Kyiv region, learned Ukrainian, started writing his new novel in Ukrainian, and become a full-fledged representative of Ukrainian literature as well.
Also recorded as Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Rafeienko · Volodymyr Rafeenko · Volodymyr Rafijenko · Vladimir Rafeenko
Volodymyr Rafeienko
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- Born
- 1969 · Donetsk.
- Nationality
- Ukraine · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- writer · poet · editing staff · cultural studies scholar
- Fields
- literature
- Education
- Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University
- Honours
- Russia Award
- Languages
- Russian · Ukrainian
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Illustration — Volodymyr Rafeienko in 2015 Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Rafeyenko (born November 25, 1969) is a Ukrainian prose writer, poet,[1] translator, literary and film critic,[2] a member of PEN Ukraine. From 1992 to 2018, was writing in Russian, published his works mostly in Russia and was regarded as a representative of Russian literature. In 2014, having moved to the Kyiv region, learned Ukrainian, started writing his new novel in Ukrainian, and become a full-fledged representative of Ukrainian literature as well.
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Volodymyr Rafeienko (born 1969) is a Soviet and Ukrainian cultural studies scholar, editing staff and poet, among other activities. The cultural studies scholar was born in Donetsk.
Volodymyr Rafeienko studied at Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University. The cultural studies scholar is a member of PEN Ukraine. Volodymyr Rafeienko is active in literature.
Languages used include Russian and Ukrainian. The cultural studies scholar received Russia Award.
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Education
Education
In 2022, he moved to Ternopil escaping active fighting in Kyiv region.[3] Rafeyenko is a representative of magic realism.[4][5]
Rafeienko was born in Donetsk, Ukraine.[6] He graduated from Donetsk University with a degree in Russian philology and cultural studies.
Career
Career
Volodymyr Rafeyenko worked as an editor in such Donetsk publishing houses as "BAO" and "Kassiopeia", as a deputy editor in "Mnogotochiye" Magazine. He is an author and compiler of popular science and applicative books, detectives.
Plays
Plays
• Mobile Waves of Life (ukr. «Мобільні хвилі буття», 2023)
Edited volumes
Edited volumes
• The War 2022: Diaries, Essays, Poetry.[10] (ukr. "Війна 2022: щоденники, есеї, поезія"
Language use
Language use
Volodymyr spoke Russian for 45 years of life. He was born in the east of Ukraine, in Donetsk, then, primarily a Russian-speaking city. His parents spoke Russian to him, the first books he read were in Russian; he had always spoken only Russian and studied in Russian.[13] He learned Ukrainian when he moved to Kyiv in 2014. After Full-scale invasion started, he decided that none of his future books would be published in Russian. He reports that returning to his native Russian language is altogether impossible.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Rafeienko, Volodymyr Rafeenko, Volodymyr Rafijenko, Vladimir Rafeenko and Vladimir Vladimirovich Rafeenko. His recorded languages were Russian and Ukrainian.
Identity
Identity
Volodymyr Rafeienko is recorded as writer, poet, editing staff and cultural studies scholar.
Origins and formation
Origins and formation
Volodymyr Rafeienko is recorded as having studied at Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University. Born in 1969 at Donetsk.
Ukrainian Russian-language writer
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Life and career
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Life and career
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1969
Volodymyr Rafeienko born at Donetsk.
Prose books
• Brief Farewell Book (rus. "Краткая книга прощаний", 2000, ukr. "Мала книжка прощань", 2017) • Holidays of Wizards (rus. "Каникулы магов", 2005) • Irretrievable Verbs (rus. "Невозвратные глаголы", 2009) • Moscow Divertissement (rus. "Московский дивертисмент", 2011, 2013) — a second-place winner of the 2010 Russian Prize in nomination of "Big Prose" • All thorough the Summer (rus. "Лето напролёт", 2012) • Decartes Demon (rus. "Демон Декарта") — winner of the 2012 Russian Prize in nomination of "Big Prose" • The Length of Days (rus. "Долгота дней" ukr. "Довгі часи", 2017). • Mondegreen (Songs about Death and Love). (ukr.[7] "Мондеґрін: пісні про смерть і любов") • Petrichor: The Scent of the Earth after Rain (ukr.[8] "Петрикор – запах землі після дощу", 2023).
Collections of poems
Collections of poems
• Three Days in the Middle of the Week (rus. "Три дня среди недели", 1998) • Private Sector (rus. "Частный сектор", 2002) • Help across the Street (rus. "Переводы через дорогу", 2003).
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The circumstances in which Volodymyr Rafeienko stands. Recorded with the occupation cultural studies scholar. Recorded with the gender male. Born on 25 November 1969.
Awards
• Moscow Divertissement became a second-place winner in a category "Big Prose" of the Russian Literary Prizes "Russian Prize" (2010) • Decartes Demon is a winner of 2012 Russian Prize in nomination of "Big Prose" (2013)[11] • NOS (Nose) Award, short list for the novel Decartes' Demon (2014) • Visegrad Eastern Partnership Literary Award for the novel The Length of Days (2017).[12] • Volodymyr Korolenko Award, National Union of Ukrainian Writers, for the novel Brief Farewell Book (2016) • National Taras Shevchenko Prize of Ukraine, short list for the novel The Length of Days (2018) • National Taras Shevchenko Prize of Ukraine, short list for the novel Mondegrin. Songs about Death and Life (2020) • Angelus Central European Literature Award, short list for the novel Mondegrin. Songs about Death and Life (2021)
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- 1.Rafeyenko Volodymyr. PEN Ukraine.
- 2.Volodymyr Rafeyenko. HURI Books.
- 3.Терлюк, Ірина. До Тернополя переїхав український письменник Володимир Рафєєнко. 13 April 2022.
- 4.Harding, Luke. 'Hearing Russian brings me pain': how war has changed Ukrainian literature. The Guardian. 2023-10-04. 0261-3077.
- 5.Rafeyenko, Volodymyr. The Length of Days. Harvard University Press. 2023-02-07. 978-0-674-29123-2.
- 6.Владимир Рафеенко. novayapolsha.pl.
- 7.Authors' Reading Month. Volodymyr Rafeienko: Songs of Death and Love – Ukraine. autorskecteni.cz.
- 8.Anetta Publishers. Книги: «Петрикор — запах землі після дощу».
- 9."Видавництво Анетти Антоненко". anetta-publishers.com.
- 10.Антологія «Війна 2022»: світ побачать твори українських авторів, написані після 24 лютого. Видавництво Старого Лева.
- 11."Видавництво Анетти Антоненко". anetta-publishers.com.
- 12.In Translation: Voices from Ukraine. The Center for Fiction.
- 13.'After everything I've been through, the Russian language has become meaningless to me'. Le Monde.fr. 2022-09-11.
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