Vesna Goldsworthy Explained

Vesna Goldsworthy FRSL (Bjelogrlic, Serbian: Bjelogrlić, pronounced: Byelogerlitch), is a Serbian writer and poet.[1] [2] She is from Belgrade and obtained her BA in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory from the University of Belgrade in 1985. She has lived in England since 1986.Goldsworthy became a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Exeter in 2017.[3] She previously worked at Kingston University where she was Director of the Centre for Suburban Studies.[4] Goldsworthy is a Professor Emeritus of the School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia.[5]

Her books include Inventing Ruritania (1998), the memoir Chernobyl Strawberries (2005),[6] and a collection of poems The Angel of Salonika (2011).[7] Her first novel, Gorsky, which updated the story of The Great Gatsby, was published in 2015.[8] Her second novel, Monsieur Ka, which is a development of the story of Anna Karenina, was published in 2018.[9] Goldsworthy published her third novel Iron Curtain: a love story in 2022.[10]

Biography

Serbia

Goldsworthy wrote poetry since her youth. The poems were published in literary magazines and anthologies throughout the nineteen seventies and nineteen eighties winning a number of prizes in the former Yugoslavia.[11] In 1984 she read a sonnet at a soccer stadium in front of 30,000 people.[1] [12] During the summer of 1984 she attended the Karl Marx Institute of the University of Sofia in order to research Byzantine prayers for her college dissertation and to study Bulgarian.

England

In 1986 Goldsworthy moved to England. After working for two publishing houses, she spent ten years broadcasting and producing for the BBC World Service in her native Serbian, and in English on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4. [13] She received an M.A. in Modern English Literature in 1992 and a Ph.D. in 1996, both from the University of London.[13] Goldsworthy then became a faculy member at the University of East Anglia where she continues as Professor Emeritus in the School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing.[14] In 2009 Goldsworthy joined the International Dublin Literary Award panel of judges.[15] In 2017 she joined the faculty of the University of Exeter as a Professor of Creative Writing.[13] Goldsworthy is a member of the Folio-Academy.[16]

Her books have been translated into over twenty languages.[17] Goldsworthy read her memoir Chernobyl Strawberries on the BBC. It was listed in the Radio Choice list of The Guardian.[18] J. M. Coetzee commenting on the Angel of Salonika, wrote that her writing was "European in sensibility, elegiac in tone, these poems mark the arrival of a welcome new voice in English poetry."[19] Gorsky, her first novel, remained on the London Times Best Seller list for five months.[20] [21] Gorsky was also listed as a NY Times Editors Choice.[22] The novel Iron Curtain was listed among the Financial Times best summer books of 2022, the New Yorker: Best books We've Read This Year (2023), and The Christian Science Monitor Ten Best Books of February 2023.[23] [24] [25]

Awards and honors

Bibliography

BBC appearances

Goldsworthy formerly worked for the BBC Serbian Service as a journalist.In 2010, she presented a BBC Radio 4 programme on finding one's voice in a foreign land.In 2017 she was a guest on BBC Radio 3's Private Passions.[29]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Goldsworthy, Vesna. 2015 . Chernobyl Strawberries. London, UK. Wilmington Square Books. 9781908524478.
  2. . Vesna Goldsvorti . Belgrade . Geopoetika . March 5, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210305165205/https://www.geopoetika.com/author.php?id=641 . 2023-08-27. 5 March 2021 .
  3. Web site: Professor Vesna Goldsworthy . University of Exeter. . 26 August 2023.
  4. Web site: Pioneering research centre opens net curtains on suburban studies. Kingston University. 2019-01-11.
  5. Web site: University of East Anglia . Goldsworthy . Vesna . University of East Anglia . September 11, 2023 .
  6. Lacey. Web site: Review: Chernobyl Strawberries by Vesna Goldsworthy | Books. The Guardian. 8 April 2005. 2017-11-04.
  7. Web site: A writer's life: Vesna Goldsworthy . Rees . J . Telegraph . 2017-11-04.
  8. News: Goldsworthy . Vesna . 2016-03-22 . Vesna Goldsworthy: 'I started from Gatsby as a Greek dramatist starts from Antigone' . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-05-21 . 0261-3077.
  9. Web site: Monsieur Ka by Vesna Goldsworthy review – a deft continuation of Anna Karenina. Feigel. Lara. 2018-04-06. The Guardian. en. 2018-07-15.
  10. Book: Goldsworthy, Vesna . 2022 . Iron Curtain: a love story . London. Chatto & Windus . 978-1473596139.
  11. . Vesna Goldsvorty . Prosefest. Belgrade. Prosefest . 2014. September 20, 2023.
  12. Mallon. Thomas. March 6, 2023. Writers Bloc. New Yorker. New York. Condè Nast. September 3, 2023. .
  13. Web site: Vesna Goldsworthy. September 5, 2023. University of Exeter. Staff Profile. University of Exeter.
  14. Web site: Vesna Goldsworthy. September 5, 2023. University of East Anglia. 2018 . University of East Anglia. Staff Profile.
  15. Author Nominated For Novel. Statesman Journal. PT 7. Gannett Media Corp. Salem, Or.. December 24, 2007. 0739-5507. . September 15, 2023.
  16. Web site: The Folio Academy . Rathbones Folio Prize . September 15, 2023 .
  17. Web site: Vesna Goldsworthy on re-imagining The Great Gatsby and Anna Karenina . Wachtel . Eleanor . Goldsworthy . Vesna . February 8, 2019 . Canadian Broadcsting Company . September 17, 2023 . Quote From Eleanor Wachtel.
  18. Web site: Radio Choice . The Guardian . September 17, 2023 .
  19. November 11, 2015 . The Angel of Salonika. London. Salt Publishing. September 20, 2023.
  20. Web site: best sellers . September 15, 2015 . The London Times . September 17, 2023 .
  21. Web site: best sellers . May 2, 2023 . The London Times . September 17, 2023 .
  22. December 27, 2015. Editors' Choice. NY Times Book Review. December 27, 2015. BR22. September 17, 2023 . .
  23. Studemann . Frederick . June 25, 2022 . Best Summer Books of 2022; Critics' Picks . Financial Times . June 25, 2022 . September 18, 2023 .
  24. March 8, 2023 . Iron Curtain . New Yorker . 2023 . March 8, 2023 . September 18, 2023.
  25. February 27, 2023 . The Ten Best Books of February . The Christian Science Monitor . February 27, 2023 . September 18, 2023 . .
  26. Web site: #CrashawPrize The shortlist in profile: Vesna Goldsworthy « blog.saltpublishing.com . 10 December 2011 . 6 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111206021543/http://blog.saltpublishing.com/2011/02/08/crashawprize-the-shortlist-in-profile-vesna-goldsworthy/ . dead .
  27. Web site: Vesna Goldsworthy. . Royal Society of Literature . September 9, 2023 .
  28. Web site: NEW IRON CURTAIN FALLING ON THE WORLD! . Karović . Boban . June 6, 2022 . Kurir . September 9, 2023 .
  29. Web site: BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, Vesna Goldsworthy . 2023-05-21 . BBC . en-GB.

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