Writer, Translator

Hanna Yankuta

Hanna Yankuta is a Belarusian writer, translator, and literary critic.

She is the author of »Geology/Constitution« poetic project (2022, in Belarusian), several children’s books and numerous essays and articles. Hanna translates from English and Polish and is famous for her contribution into the publication of Jane Austen’s, Kazuo Ishiguro’s and Sally Rooney’s novels in Belarusian.

»Barren Time« (Час пустазелля) is Hanna’s debut novel, it came out with »Yanushkevich« publishing house in 2023.

Both the writer and the publisher are now in exile in Poland.

Foto credits: Violetta Savchits

Works

Hanna Yankuta, Olga Bubich

From Illegal Constitutions to Silent Care of Smaller Lives

Using ecopoetry and self-empowering language Hanna Yankuta builds her »Constitution of Everything«–an unwritten document offering hope for a better, fairer and more equal world, where every living organism matters

Subline

Hanna Yankuta, Olga Bubich

on »memory plants«

Interview with the writer hanna yankuta

On »memory plants«, books that help define the place we belong, and hope able to give strength to resist

Hanna Yankuta

barren time

Fragments from Hanna Yankuta’s debut novel