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Marina Kazakova (b. Gorky, Russia, 1983) is a Russian-born Belgium-based poet. Her literature works deal to a large degree with confrontation with the past and explore the challenges posed both by memory and grief.
Published internationally in magazines and journals (Three Rooms Press “Maintenant”, “Great Weather for Media…”, “Crannog”, “Duck Lake Books”, “Writing in a Woman’s Voice”, “Modern Literature”), Marina is a frequent performer, she has been shortlisted at various international poetry festivals and art events: Brussels Poetry Festival 2017-2018; Maintenant’s Dada London Invasion 2018; XpoNorth 2018, Inverness, Scotland; Antwerpen Queer Arts Festival 2019, Belgium; Nothing To Sell 2019, Macro Asilo, Rome, Italy; RE:Sponse 2020, Groningen, The Netherlands; Maintenant’s Dada Invasion 2020, online, New York, USA; Stanza Scotland’s Poetry Festival 2021, online, Edinburg, Scotland; Mani Lit Fest 2021, Mani, Greece; The 34th Gerard Manley Hopkins International Literary Festival 2022, Newbridge, Ireland.
She is the author of the verse novel “Tishe…Piano”, the film adaptation of which was shortlisted for the Leuven International Short Film Festival in 2013, the Miami Indie Wise Festival in 2018, XpoNorth Festival in 2018, and received ‘The Best Narrative Short’ Award at the 2015 International Film Festival behalf Savva Morozov in Moscow.
Marina holds a Master’s degree in Public Relations and an Advanced Master’s in Transmedia. Currently, she is Communications Officer at Victim Support Europe (Brussels) and working on her practice-based PhD in Arts at Luca School of Arts (KULeuven).
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Marina Kazakova(geboren Gorky Rusland, 1983) is een in België wonende dichteres. Haar poezie gaat grotendeels over een confrontatie met het verleden en verkent de uitdagingen die het verleden en verdriet met zich meebrengen.
Internationaal gepubliceerd in magazines en weekbladen (Three rooms press “Maintenant”, ‘Great Weather for media…’, “Crannog’, “Duck Lake Books’, “Writing in a Woman’s voice”), Marina treed regelmatig op, ze wordt uitgenodigd op verschillende internationale poezie festivals en kunst voorstellingen: Brussel Poetry Festival 2017-2018, Maintenant’s Dada London Invasion 2018, Nothing To Sell 2019, Rome, European Poetry Festival, Red Square Festival, The 3d International Literary Festival Words of Fire 2020 in Portugal, Gerard Manley Hoplins International Literary Festival 2020 in Ireland, etc.
Marina heeft een Master’s degrees in Public Relations and Transmedia. Op dit moment is ze de Communications officer bij Victim Support Europe (Brussel) en werkt ze aan haar praktijk gebaseerde Phd in arts bij de Luca school of Arts in Leuven.
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Marina Kazakova (née à Gorky, Russie, 1983) est une poète d’origine russe habitant en Belgique.
Son travail littéraire porte pour une grande part sur la confrontation avec le passé, et explore les défis posés à la fois par la mémoire et le chagrin. Publiée internationalement dans des magasines et des revues ( Three Rooms Press “Maintenant”, “Great Weather for Media…”, “Crannog”, “Duck Lake Books”, “Writing in a Woman’s Voice”), Marina perfome fréquement, elle a été sélectionnée à de nombreux festivals de poésie internationaux et événements artistiques : Brussels Poetry Festival 2017-2018, Maintenant’s Dada London Invasion 2018, Nothing To Sell 2019 à Rome, European Poetry Festival, Red Square Festival, The 3rd International Literary Festival Words of Fire 2020 au Portugal, Gerard Manley Hopkins International Literary Festival 2020 en Irelande, etc.
Marina détient un master en Relation Publique et Transmedia. Actuellement, elle est responsable des communications à Victim Support Europe (Bruxelles) et travaille sur son doctorat en arts à Luca School of Arts (KULeuven).
