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Volha Hapeyeva

Volha Hapeyeva (; born 1982 in Minsk) is a Belarusian poet, writer, translator, and linguist. Hapeyeva holds a doctorate in comparative linguistics and has taught at two universities, in Minsk and Vilnius.

Hapeyeva has been publishing poetry, prose, and drama since 1999. In addition, she is a translator of fiction and poetry from English, German, Chinese, and Japanese. She is a member of the Belarusian PEN-Centre and of the Union of the Belarusian Writers.

Her works have been translated into English, German, Polish, Czech, Macedonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovenian, Georgian, Dutch, and Russian. A collection of her poetry in English, ''In My Garden of Mutants'', appeared with Arc Publications in 2021, translated by Annie Rutherford. The collection received a PEN Translates award. Volha collaborates with electronic musicians and gives audio-visual performances. Provided by Wikipedia