Nataliia Vorozhbyt

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Nataliia Vorozhbyt, also Natalia Vorozhbyt (Ukrainian: Наталія Анатоліївна Ворожбит) (born 4 April 1975) is a Ukrainian playwright and screenwriter.[1]

Life[]

She graduated in 2000 from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. She studied at the .[2][3]

She writes her scripts in both Russian and Ukrainian.

Together with the German director she founded the Theater of the Displaced, where refugees from Donbas can tell their stories.[4] She wrote the screenplay for the feature film Cyborgs about the defense of Sergei Prokoviev airport near Donetsk, where Ukrainian soldiers fought for 242 days against separatists. Vorozhbyt traveled through a war zone for four months and spoke with those involved.  The war situation in Ukraine is a frequently recurring theme in Vorozhbyt's work.

She took part in the protests in the 2013 Euromaidan.[5] During this time she also collected inspiration for new work. She collaborated with the Royal Shakespeare Company.[6]

Works[]

  • The Grain Store 2009, ISBN 9781848420458[7][6]
  • Bad Roads, 2017. ISBN 9781848427143[8][9]
  • ‘My Mykolaivka 2017[4]
  • Blood Sisters 2019

References[]

  1. ^ Vorozhbit, Natal'ya (2014-02-24). "Natal'ya Vorozhbit's play for Ukraine: 'We want to build a new and just society'". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  2. ^ "Natalia Vorozhbyt". Natalia Vorozhbyt | Gorki. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  3. ^ "Natalya VOROZHBIT | The International Writing Program". iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b kuzn17 (2017-03-14). "Can Theatre Help Restore Relationships in Wartime: Talk with Natalya Vorozhbyt and Samir Puri". Ukraine’s Hidden Tragedy. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  5. ^ "Natalya Vorozhbit Writes Verbatim 'Maidan' Play". The Theatre Times. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Beumers, Birgit; Lipovetsky, Mark (2009-01-01). Performing Violence: Literary and Theatrical Experiments of New Russian Drama. Intellect Books. ISBN 978-1-84150-346-2.
  7. ^ Vorozhbit, Natalʹi︠a︡ (2009). The Grain Store. Nick Hern Books. ISBN 978-1-84842-045-8.
  8. ^ "Natalya Vorozhbit • Director of Bad Roads". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  9. ^ "Film critic: 'Bad Roads' is most humane look at war in Ukraine | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice". KyivPost. 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

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