Vol'ha Hapeeva's Prose and Verse in Three Richly Creative Years
Authors
Arnold McMillin
University College London
Keywords:
Maturity, autobiography, loneliness, metaphysical thriller, volcanoes, animal rights
Abstract
The latest phase of Vol'ha Hapeeva's career, whose prose and poetic work has won numerous prizes, especially in German-speaking countries, includes writings from 2019-2021, in which the author, describing in prose her childhood in Soviet Belarus, gives life to an imaginative metaphysical detective story. Her verses, which are intimately personal in their reflection of the author's deep-rooted feminist convictions against the stubbornly patriarchal character of the society in which she lives, have also matured over time, to the point that they have earned her a place of honour among the leading contemporary Belarusian poets.
