In Ukraine Oksana Zabuzhko remains one of the most popular authors. In August 2012, the magazine Korrespondent has traditionally included the writer in the Top 100 “most influential people in Ukraine”. According to the poll of the agency Elit-profi in 2006 her novel Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex was recognized as “the book that had the most influenced on the Ukrainian society in 15 years of independence”. The latest novel of the writer - The Museum of Abandoned Secrets - was recognized as the Book of the Year 2010 and “The Best Ukrainian Book”-2010 readers’ choice of Korrespondent.
Zabuzhko’s works also won wide international recognition. Her books translated into more than 20 world languages, distinguished by many national and international prizes, among them Poetry Prize, Global Commitment Foundation 1997 (World Fund Obligations, USA) MacArthur Foundation Award (2002), Omelyan and Tatiana Antonovych Prize (2008), and others. The Museum of Abandoned Secrets, which leads in many book ratings in Europe and the USA (Amazon, DIE ZEIT ONLINE, Swiss Radio DRS, and others), is recognized by European critics as “one of the most important books in Eastern Europe after 1989” (Polityka).
The Art Club “Faces”, established by the Arseniy Yatsenyuk Foundation “Open Ukraine” in partnership with the creative place “Chasopys” – regular open meetings with Ukrainian and foreign writers, musicians, artists, designers, filmmakers, photographers and other cultural representatives. Literary readings, professional meetings, workshops, film screenings, musical evenings and exhibitions are held monthly.
Registration for the event is mandatory! Seats are limited.
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Venue: 3 Lev Tolstoy St (creative place “Chasopys”). Participation is free.
For more information, please contact manager of the program “Cultural Horizons” Iryna Deshchytsya email [email protected] or by phone: +380 44 220-18-40, +380 67 214-34-62.
The Art Club “Faces” with Oksana ZABUZHKO: talk about the actuality of The Museum of Abandoned Secretes
05 March 2013, 18:55
11th March at 19.00 at the creative space “Chasopys” will take place the next meeting of Art Club “Faces”. During the meeting, a popular Ukrainian writer Oksana ZABUZHKO will read excerpts from the latest book of essayistic work From the Map of Books and People, dedicated to the actuality of The Museum after publication, and will talk about the new book, which is being prepared for publication in collaboration with the Polish journalist Izabela Chruslinska.
