Oksana Zabuzhko's works include the prizewinning collection of stories Oh Sister, My Sister, and the best-selling Field Work in Ukrainian Sex, which was widely translated in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as four collections of poetry, one in English translation (A Kingdom of Fallen Statues), two volumes of literary criticism, and two collections of essays.

She received the Global Commitment Foundation Poetry Prize in 1997, as well as numerous other awards.