Kseniia Zastavska (Ukrainian: Ксенія Заставська), born Oksana Volodymyrivna Prysiazhniuk (Ukrainian: Оксана Володимирівна Присяжнюк) in Odesa, Ukraine,[1][2] is a Ukrainian poet, writer and screenwriter.
Education
Zastavska is a graduate of the Odesa Institute of National Economy (currently Odesa National Economics University).[3][1][2] After undertaking a course in journalism provided by the editorial board of Vechirnia Odesa,[3] she was taught script writing by the Odesa screenwriter Dmytro Kostromenko.[1][4]
Career
Zastavska is a member of the cinematography coordination council at Odesa City Council[5] and a member of the Barwy Kresowe Polish-Ukrainian arts partnership organization. She has also been described as among Odesa's national treasures.[3]
Zastavaska started her creative activity by writing the lyrics of children's songs.[1] In collaboration with the composer and vocalist Liliia Ostapenko, she created songs performed by children's groups from Odesa, Kyiv and New York.[1] She has also written the lyrics of songs for adult performers.[1]
In 2015, Zastavska represented Ukraine at the Vilnius International book fair and had the honour of joining Valerii Zhovtenko, Ukraine's ambassador to Lithuania, in presenting Mascot of Love in Lithuanian to the President of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė. Zastavska used the occasion to thank the President for her support of Ukraine. In 2016, she returned to the fair to promote the Lithuanian translation of her novel Stek. Laces of Life.[3]
She has translated and promoted the publication of a book by the notable Estonian writer, journalist and film director Imbi Paju, Hidden Memories. The presentation of the book was held on May 24, 2019 at the Embassy of Estonia in Ukraine. The book was also represented in the international program of the Art Arsenal on May 25, 2019, in Kyiv.[3][1][4]
In March 2022, the film Carol of the Bells was awarded the main prize for writing and directing at the Women's International Film Festival in Nigeria. On April 1, the film opened a charity marathon of Ukrainian films in Warsaw, and on April 10, it represented Ukrainian cinema in Toronto.[3]
