Oksana Zaboujko
From 13 August to 25 September 2020

Oksana Zabuzhko (born in 1960) is one of Ukraine’s major writers and public intellectuals. She is the author of over twenty books (poetry, fiction, nonfiction) and is internationally known thanks to her novels Field Work in Ukrainian Sex (Amazon Crossing, 2011; original Ukrainian edition, 1996) and The Museum of Abandoned Secrets (Amazon Crossing, 2012; original Ukrainian edition, 2009). Her books have been translated into sixteen languages and have won her many awards, including a MacArthur Grant, the Angelus Central European Literary Prize, and the Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine. Oksana uses a feminist lens to examine Ukrainian identity and the mark made by history.