Anselina Vladimirovna Polonskaya
Anzhelina Wladimirowna Polonskaja ( Russian Анжелина Владимировна Полонская ; * 1969 in Malachowka , Moscow Oblast ; English also transliterated as Anzhelina / Anjelina Polonskaya), is a Russian author who is best known for her poetry .
life and work
Anshelina Polonskaya studied at the Moscow State Academy of Physical Culture and Sport between 1987 and 1992. She graduated with a bachelor's degree . She worked as a professional ice show dancer for several years, including from 1995 to 1997 in Latin America. She published her first volume of poetry in 1993. Since 1998 she has only devoted herself to writing. She also became a member of the Moscow Writers' Union that year, and in 2003 she joined the Russian PEN Center.
Her book A Voice , published in 2004, was shortlisted for the Corneliu Popescu Prize for the Translation of European Poems. The oratorio Requiem: Kursk , whose libretto consisted of 10 poems by Anselina Polonskaya, premiered at the Melbourne Arts Festival in 2001 , the libretto of which consists of ten poems by Anselina Polonskaya. Her poems have been translated into Dutch, Slovenian and Spanish, among others.
Publications
- The Sky Through a Private's Eye , Kogelet Publishing House 1999
- Golos , Moscow, Podkova Publishing House 2002
- A Voice , Northwestern University Press 2004
- Sneg vnutri (“Snow within”) R. Elinina, classic century21st 2008
- Paul Klee's Boat , Zephyr Press 2013
- Blacker than White , Leipziger Literaturverlag, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-86660-192-5
- Unfinished Music , Leipziger Literaturverlag, Leipzig 2020, ISBN 978-3-86660-261-8
Scholarships and Awards
- 2008: Cove Park Scottish Arts Council
- 2009: Camargo Foundation
- 2010: Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center
- 2011: Villa Sträuli in Winterthur
- 2014: Residence grant from the artist residence Chretzeurm , Stein am Rhein
- 2014–2015: Akademie Schloss Solitude
- 2016 Ord i Grenseland - Words on Borders Freedom Prize
Web links
- Literature by and about Anselina Vladimirovna Polonskaja in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anjelina Polonskaya. Anzhelina Polonskaya, accessed July 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Anzhelina Polonskaya. Akademie Schloss Solitude, accessed on July 3, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Polonskaya, Anselina Vladimirovna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Polonskaya Anjelina; Polonskay, Anzhelina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Malachowka , Moscow Oblast |