Irena Karpa ( uk, Ірена Карпа; born 8 December 1980 in

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writer, journalist, and singer.

Biography

Born in

(

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), Karpa grew up in Subcarpathian region ( Prykarpattia). Since 1999 she has been the frontwoman and songwriter of the band Faktychno Sami (later renamed "Qarpa"). Her first book was published in 2000 when she was a student at

Kyiv National Linguistic University Kyiv National Linguistic University ( uk, Київський національний лінгвістичний університет) is a public university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was founded in 1948 as Kyiv State Pedagogical Institute ...

. In 2003 Karpa received a graduate's degree ( magistar) in the English and French languages. After graduating she traveled

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for a year. This sparkled the appearance of her book "Freud Would Cry". From 2005 to 2008, she worked on TV ( ICTV,

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and

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). In 2004 she was a film director of "Kyiv. Limited Edition" and later in 2006 starred in Oleh Anpilohov's film "Autism" and A. Yakushenkov's film "Compote". On May 17, 2008 Irena married journalist and writer Anton Friedland, but in 2009 they divorced. In September she married an American financier Norman Paul Hansen. They have two daughters. Irena uses some strong words in her books. Some of her works have been translated into Polish, Czech, Bulgarian and Russian. On 13 October 2014, according to

Euromaidan Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of Political demonstration, demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protes ...

, the minister of culture of the self-proclaimed "republic of Donetsk" signed a death warrant ordering that she be shot for publishing a cartoon considered inappropriate.

Literary works

* "Знес Паленого" (2000) * "50 хвилин трави" (2004) * "Фройд би плакав" (2004) * "Перламутрове Порно (Супермаркет самотності)" (2005) * "Bitches Get Everything" (2007) * "Супермаркет самотності. Перламутрове порно" (2008) * "Добло і зло" (2008) * "Цукерки, фрукти і ковбаси" (2010) * "Піца "Гімалаї"" (2011) * "З роси, води і калабані" (2012)

Discography

:''See Qarpa''

External links

Official page

Blunt, erotic and obnoxious writing by Irena Karpa

Irena Karpa on goodreads.com

Karpa's LiveJournal

Irena Karpa on msbrand.net
1980 births People from Cherkasy Ukrainian writers 21st-century Ukrainian women singers Living people People of the Euromaidan Musicians from Cherkasy {{Ukraine-writer-stub

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Literary works

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