Oksana Lutsyshyna
Special guest
Oksana Lutsyshyna was born on October 10 1974 in the town of Uzhhorod. She is a Ukrainian writer, poet, literary scholar, and translator. She graduated with her BA in English from Uzhhorod National University. Dr. Lutsyshyna started writing in the early 1990s; she was an active participant of Irpin literary seminars. She worked at Uzhhorod National University teaching English. In the early 2000s she left fro the United States, to do her master’s degrees in comparative literature and gender studies. She also di a PhD focusing on the works of Bruno Schulz and Walter Benjamin. Currently she is teaching the Ukrainian language and Eastern European literatures at The University of Texas in Austin.
Oksana Lutsyshyna is the author of four poetry collections, one collection of short stories, and two novels. She is the recipient of several literary prizes, including the UNESCO prize and the Shevchenko National Prize for Literature. In collaboration with Olena Jennings, Oksana is translating the works of the Ukrainian authors into English. Among the ones whose works she translated are Marianna Kiyanovska, Vasyl Makhno, Kateryna Kalytko, Bohdana Matiyash, and Artem Cheh.
Poems and short stories of Oksana Lutsyshyna are featured in numerous anthologies and journals. She is also writing critical articles and blogging fro the feminist site “Povaha.” She has academic publications in both Ukrainian and English.
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Oksana Lutsyshyna has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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Youth Political Engagement in the 2019 Ukrainian Presidential Election
April 15th, 2022 | Season 4 | 45 mins 34 secs
elections, politics, social media, ukraine
In this episode, we feature participants of a UT student-driven project back in spring 2019 which examined Ukrainian youth political engagement during the presidential election in which Volodymyr Zelenskyy ultimately beat incumbent Petro Poroshenko. The team discusses the fascinating process by which they began their research, how they connected with Ukrainian students via Skype (not Zoom!), and what it was like when they eventually traveled to Ukraine itself. The lasting relationships and connections they made during that memorable month abroad in summer 2019 inform their thinking and processing of the War in Ukraine today. Take a listen!
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Ukraine Through the Author's Pen with Oksana Lutsyshyna
March 24th, 2021 | Season 3 | 1 hr 1 min
literature, social media, ukraine, war, writers
In this episode, Dr. Oksana Lutsyshyna, beloved UT professor and recent winner of Ukraine's highest state prize for literature, joins Matt to talk about her most recent book Ivan and Feba (Іван і Феба), as well as her earlier works including Love Life (Любовне життя) and much more. We hope you enjoy!