Yuliya Tsimafeyeva
Julia Cimafiejeva (born on 12 January 1982 in the village of Śpiaryžža (Сьпярыжжа), (in Brahin District, Homel Region) is a Belarusian poet and translator from English and other languages. She graduated from the Department of English at Minsk State Linguistic University and from the Belarusian College. She is one of the founders and editors of the online magazine of translated literature PrajdziSviet ('Pass the World').
Also recorded as Yuliya Pyatrowna Tsimafeyeva · Yulia Tsimafeeva · Julija Cimafiejeva · Julia Cimafiejeva
Yuliya Tsimafeyeva

Tatiana Markina · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Name
- Julija Cimafiejeva
- Born
- 12 January 1982
- Birthplace
- Śpiaryžža (Сьпярыжжа), Brahin District, Homel Region, Belarus
- Occupation
- Poet, translator
- Education
- Minsk State Linguistic University
- Spouse
- Alhierd Bacharevič (2013-present)
- Nationality
- Belarus
- Fields
- poetry · translation
- Honours
- Debut Prize · Carlos Sherman Literary Award
- Languages
- Belarusian · English
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Julia Cimafiejeva (born on 12 January 1982 in the village of Śpiaryžža (Сьпярыжжа), (in Brahin District, Homel Region) is a Belarusian poet and translator from English and other languages. She graduated from the Department of English at Minsk State Linguistic University and from the Belarusian College. She is one of the founders and editors of the online magazine of translated literature PrajdziSviet ('Pass the World').
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Yuliya Tsimafeyeva. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q6549411 · wikipedia · Julija Cimafiejeva
In this article
Biography
Biography
Cimafiejeva is a member of the Belarusian PEN Center and of the Union of Belarusian Authors.
Yuliya Tsimafeyeva studied at Belarusian State University of Foreign Languages and Belarusian Collegium. The recorded working language is Belarusian and English. The field of work recorded is poetry and translation. Distinctions recorded are Debut Prize and Carlos Sherman Literary Award.
Открытие выставки «Адам Глобус. Белорусский авангард 80-х» в Литературном Музее Петруся Бровки, Минск. 24.03.2015. Владимир Адамчик с Юлией Тимофеевой.
Dina Panayotis · Self-photographed
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Julija Cimafiejeva • Native Name — Юлія Цімафеева Julija Cimafiejeva • Born — 12 January 1982 • Birthplace — Śpiaryžža (Сьпярыжжа), Brahin District, Homel Region, Belarus • Occupation — Poet, translator • Language — Belarusian • Education — Minsk State Linguistic University • Spouse — Alhierd Bacharevič (2013-present) • Years Active — 2013–present
Cimafiejeva's translations
Cimafiejeva's translations
• 2018 Стыян Холе Stian Hole. Лета Гармана Lieta Harmana [Garmann's Summer]. Minsk: Янушкевіч Januškievič, 44 pp. • 2018 Ўолт Ўітмэн Walt Whitman. Выбраная паэзія Vybranaja paezija [Selected Poetry] (Ser: Паэты планеты). Minsk: Зміцер Колас Zimcier Kołas, 96 pp. • 2019 Энхедуанна Enheduanna. Сакральная паэзія: з шумерскай Sakrałnaja paezija: z šumierskaj [Sacred Poetry: Translated from the Sumerian]. Minsk: Зміцер Колас Zimcier Kołas. 74 pp. (NB: Co-translator: Леанід Баршчэўскі Lieanid Barščeŭski). • 2020 Мередит Артур Meredith Arthur. Вон из моей головы!: как избавиться от тревоги и найти вдохновение Von iz moyey golovy!: kak izbavit'sya ot trevogi i nayti vdokhnoveniye [Get out of my head: inspiration for overthinkers in an anxious world]. Minsk: Попурри Popurri, 112 pp.. • 2020 Стывен Крэйн Stephen Crane. Выбраныя вершы Vybranyja veršy [Selected Poems] (Ser: Паэты планеты). Minsk: Зміцер Колас Zimcier Kołas, 84 pp. • 2020 Мая Лундэ Maja Lunde. Снежная сястра: калядная гісторыя Sniežnaja siastra: kaliadnaja historyja [Snow Sister: A Christmas Story]. Minsk: Янушкевіч Januškievič, 192 pp. • 2020 Стыян Холе Stian Hole. Неба Ганны Nieba Hanny [Hanna's Heaven]. Minsk: Янушкевіч Januškievič, 40 pp. • 2020 Лиза Робертс Lisa Roberts. Научите ребенка медитации: 70 простых и веселых упражнений, которые помогут детям снять стресс и расслабиться Nauchite rebenka meditatsii: 70 prostykh i veselykh uprazhneniy, kotoryye pomogut detyam snyat' stress i rasslabit'sya [Teach Your Child Meditation: 70+ Fun & Easy Ways to Help Kids De-Stress and Chill Out]. Minsk: Попурри Popurri, 190 pp.
Books
• 2014 Кніга памылак. Вершы і пераклады Kniha pamyłak. Veršy i perakłady [A Book of Errors: Poems and Translations]. Minsk: Halijafy.. • 2016 Цырк. Вершы Cyrk. Вершы [Circus: Poems]. Minsk: Зміцер Колас Zimcier Kołas. 72 pp.. • Polish translation: Julia Cimafiejewa. 2018. Cyrk i inne wiersze / Цырк і іншыя вершы [Circus and Other Poems] [translated from the Belarusian by Bohdan Zadura] (Ser: Wschodni Express). Lublin: Warsztaty Kultury, 128 pp.. NB: A bilingual edition. • Ukrainian translation (fragments): Юлія Петрівна Тимофєєва Yuliya Petrivna Tymofyeyeva. 2019. Вірші Юлі Цімафєєвої в перекладах українською Virshi Yuli Tsimafyeyevoyi v perekladakh ukrayinsʹkoyu [Poems by Julija Cimafiejeva translated into Ukrainian] [translated from the Belarusian into Ukrainian by Ія Ківа (Iya Kiva)]. 2019. Litcentr. 16 Apr. • German translation: Julia Cimafiejeva. 2020. Zirkus. Gedichte [Circus: Poems] [translated from the Belarusian by Thomas Weiler and Tina Wünschmann]. Berlin: edition.fotoTAPETA, 96 pp. • 2020 ROT. Вершы ROT. Veršy [ROT: Poems]. Minsk: Янушкевіч Januškievič and Prague: Vesna Vaško, 84 pp. (Vesna Vaško) (А. М. Янушкевіч) • 2020 Days in Miensk: A Diary, a diary on the 2020 Peaceful White Revolution in Belarus • Swedish translation: Julia Tsimafejeva. 2020. Dagar i Belarus [Days in Belarus] [translated from the English by Ida Börjel]. Stockholm: Norstedts, 88 pp.. • German translation: Julia Cimafiejeva. 2021. Minsk. Tagebuch [Minsk: A Diary] [translated from the English by Andreas Rostek]. Berlin: edition.fotoTAPETA, 128 pp.. • Dutch translation: Julia Cimafiejeva. 2022. Dagen in Minsk, dagboek van een opstand [Days in Minsk, diary of an uprising] [translated from the English by Henny Corver]. Amsterdam: Atlas Contact, 136 pp.. • 2022 Der Angststein. Gedichte [The Stone of Fear: Poems]. [translated from the Belarusian by Tina Wünschmann, Thomas Weiler, Uljana Wolf and Lydia Nagel]. Berlin: edition.fotoTAPETA, 104 pp. • 2022 Minsk. Die Stadt, die ich vermisse. Fotografie Gedichte [Minsk. The city I have missed. Photography. Poems]. [translated from the Belarusian and English by Tina Wünschmann, Thomas Weiler and Georgia Rauer]. Berlin: Edition frölich, 104 pp. • 2022 Motherfield: Poems & Belarusian Protest Diary. [translated from the Belarusian by Valzhyna Mort and Hanif Abdurraqib]. Dallas: Deep Vellum, 280 pp. • 2022 Воўчыя ягады. Вершы Voŭčyja Jahady. Veršy [Bogberries: Poems]. Prague: Vesna Vaško, 102 pp. (Vesna Vaško)
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Julija Cimafiejeva”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q6549411: Yuliya Tsimafeyeva
General reference · Wikidata
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 19 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
38,988 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Yulian SemyonovAuthor
- Yulii GarbuzovAuthor
- Yulisa Pat Amadu MaddyAuthor
- Yuliya MikhalchikAuthor
- Yumeno KyūsakuAuthor
- Yumie HiraiwaAuthor
- Yun Dae-nyeongAuthor
- Yun Dong-juAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Yuliya Tsimafeyeva?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.