# Julija Cimafiejeva

Julia Cimafiejeva (Belarusian: Юлія Цімафеева, born on 12 January 1982 in the village of Śpiaryžža (Сьпярыжжа), (in Brahin District, Homel Region) is a Belarusian poet and translator from English and other languages. She graduated from the Department of English at Minsk State Linguistic University and from the Belarusian College [be-tarask]. She is one of the founders and editors of the online magazine of translated literature PrajdziSviet [be-tarask] ('Pass the World'). Cimafiejeva is a member of the Belarusian PEN Center [be-tarask] and of the Union of Belarusian Authors [be-tarask].

## Books

* 2014 Кніга памылак. Вершы і пераклады Kniha pamyłak. Veršy i perakłady [A Book of Errors: Poems and Translations]. Minsk: Halijafy. ISBN 978-985-7021-66-6.
* 2016 Цырк. Вершы Cyrk. Вершы [Circus: Poems]. Minsk: Зміцер Колас Zimcier Kołas. 72 pp. ISBN 9789857164257.
** Polish translation: Julia Cimafiejewa. 2018. Cyrk i inne wiersze / Цырк і іншыя вершы [Circus and Other Poems] [translated from the Belarusian by Bohdan Zadura] (Ser: Wschodni Express). Lublin: Warsztaty Kultury, 128 pp. ISBN 9788364375293. NB: A bilingual edition.
** Ukrainian translation (fragments): Юлія Петрівна Тимофєєва Yuliya Petrivna Tymofyeyeva. 2019. Вірші Юлі Цімафєєвої в перекладах українською Virshi Yuli Tsimafyeyevoyi v perekladakh ukrayinsʹkoyu [Poems by Julija Cimafiejeva translated into Ukrainian] [translated from the Belarusian into Ukrainian by Ія Ківа (Iya Kiva)]. 2019. Litcentr. 16 Apr.
** German translation: Julia Cimafiejeva. 2020. Zirkus. Gedichte [Circus: Poems] [translated from the Belarusian by Thomas Weiler and Tina Wünschmann]. Berlin: edition.fotoTAPETA, 96 pp.
* 2020 ROT. Вершы ROT. Veršy [ROT: Poems]. Minsk: Янушкевіч Januškievič and Prague: Vesna Vaško, 84 pp. ISBN 978-80-907359-3-4 (Vesna Vaško) ISBN 978-985-7210-57-2 (А. М. Янушкевіч)
* 2020 Days in Miensk: A Diary, a diary on the 2020 Peaceful White Revolution in Belarus
** Swedish translation: Julia Tsimafejeva. 2020. Dagar i Belarus [Days in Belarus] [translated from the English by Ida Börjel]. Stockholm: Norstedts, 88 pp. ISBN 978-91-1-311651-8.
** German translation: Julia Cimafiejeva. 2021. Minsk. Tagebuch [Minsk: A Diary] [translated from the English by Andreas Rostek]. Berlin: edition.fotoTAPETA, 128 pp. ISBN 978-3-949262-04-3.
** Dutch translation: Julia Cimafiejeva. 2022. Dagen in Minsk, dagboek van een opstand [Days in Minsk, diary of an uprising] [translated from the English by Henny Corver]. Amsterdam: Atlas Contact, 136 pp. ISBN 978-9045046235.
* 2022 Der Angststein. Gedichte [The Stone of Fear: Poems]. [translated from the Belarusian by Tina Wünschmann, Thomas Weiler, Uljana Wolf and Lydia Nagel]. Berlin: edition.fotoTAPETA, 104 pp. ISBN 978-3949262203
* 2022 Minsk. Die Stadt, die ich vermisse. Fotografie Gedichte [Minsk. The city I have missed. Photography. Poems]. [translated from the Belarusian and English by Tina Wünschmann, Thomas Weiler and Georgia Rauer]. Berlin: Edition frölich, 104 pp. ISBN 978-3-9824450-1-4
* 2022 Motherfield: Poems & Belarusian Protest Diary. [translated from the Belarusian by Valzhyna Mort and Hanif Abdurraqib]. Dallas: Deep Vellum, 280 pp. ISBN 978-1646052257
* 2022 Воўчыя ягады. Вершы Voŭčyja Jahady. Veršy [Bogberries: Poems]. Prague: Vesna Vaško, 102 pp. ISBN 978-80-907359-6-5 (Vesna Vaško)

## Cimafiejeva's translations

* 2018 Стыян Холе Stian Hole. Лета Гармана Lieta Harmana [Garmann's Summer]. Minsk: Янушкевіч Januškievič, 44 pp. ISBN 978-985-7165-79-7
* 2018 Ўолт Ўітмэн Walt Whitman. Выбраная паэзія Vybranaja paezija [Selected Poetry] (Ser: Паэты планеты). Minsk: Зміцер Колас Zimcier Kołas, 96 pp. ISBN 978-985-23-0026-1
* 2019 Энхедуанна Enheduanna. Сакральная паэзія: з шумерскай Sakrałnaja paezija: z šumierskaj [Sacred Poetry: Translated from the Sumerian]. Minsk: Зміцер Колас Zimcier Kołas. 74 pp. ISBN 978-985-23-0079-7 (NB: Co-translator: Леанід Баршчэўскі Lieanid Barščeŭski).
* 2020 Мередит Артур Meredith Arthur. Вон из моей головы! : как избавиться от тревоги и найти вдохновение Von iz moyey golovy! : kak izbavit'sya ot trevogi i nayti vdokhnoveniye [Get out of my head: inspiration for overthinkers in an anxious world]. Minsk: Попурри Popurri, 112 pp. ISBN 978-985-15-4682-0.
* 2020 Стывен Крэйн Stephen Crane. Выбраныя вершы Vybranyja veršy [Selected Poems] (Ser: Паэты планеты). Minsk: Зміцер Колас Zimcier Kołas, 84 pp. ISBN 978-985-23-0099-5
* 2020 Мая Лундэ Maja Lunde. Снежная сястра: калядная гісторыя Sniežnaja siastra: kaliadnaja historyja [Snow Sister: A Christmas Story]. Minsk: Янушкевіч Januškievič, 192 pp. ISBN 978-985-7210-67-1
* 2020 Стыян Холе Stian Hole. Неба Ганны Nieba Hanny [Hanna's Heaven]. Minsk: Янушкевіч Januškievič, 40 pp. ISBN 978-985-90541-3-6
* 2020 Лиза Робертс Lisa Roberts. Научите ребенка медитации: 70 простых и веселых упражнений, которые помогут детям снять стресс и расслабиться Nauchite rebenka meditatsii: 70 prostykh i veselykh uprazhneniy, kotoryye pomogut detyam snyat' stress i rasslabit'sya [Teach Your Child Meditation: 70+ Fun & Easy Ways to Help Kids De-Stress and Chill Out]. Minsk: Попурри Popurri, 190 pp. ISBN 978-985-15-4397-3