Hanna Yankuta is a Belarusian writer, translator, and literary critic.

She is the author of »Geology/Constitution« poetic project (2022, in Belarusian), several children’s books and numerous essays and articles. Hanna translates from English and Polish and is famous for her contribution into the publication of Jane Austen’s, Kazuo Ishiguro’s and Sally Rooney’s novels in Belarusian.

»Barren Time« (Час пустазелля) is Hanna’s debut novel, it came out with »Yanushkevich« publishing house in 2023.

Both the writer and the publisher are now in exile in Poland.

Foto credits: Violetta Savchits