Maryna Sokolyan is a Ukrainian author. The critical reviews define her work as "uncommon event in a contemporary fiction", and draw attention to the exquisite and well-cultivated language and to the complex intellectual references towards English literature.
She was born 18 December 1979 in
Poltava
Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administratively ...
, in the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
of the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
(in present-day Ukraine). In 2002 she graduated from
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy with an MA in
sociology
Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...
.
Publications
Books
* Серце гарпії, 2013
* "Vezhi ta pidzemellya/Towers and dungeons", "Grani-T" publishing house, Kiev, 2008
* "Novendialia", "Fact" publishing house, Kiev, 2008
* "Herem" novel", "Fact" publishing house, Kiev, 2007
* "Storonni v domi/Strangers in the House", "Fact" publishing house, Kiev, 2006
* "Kodlo/Gang" (translation), "Idea-press" publishing house, Moscow, 2006
* "Kovdra snovydy/Sleepwalker's Blanket", "Fact" publishing house, Kiev, 2005
* "Balada dlia Kryvoji Vargy/Ballade for the Crooked Varga", "Nora-Druk" publishing house, Kiev, 2005
* "Kodlo/Gang", "Fact" publishing house, Kiev, 2003
* "Tsurpalky/Splinters" short story collection, "Smoloskyp" publishing house, Kiev, 2003
Plays
* "Retorta/Retort" published by the Sumno.com e-zine, Kiev, 2006
* "Soul lifters and the spirit of capitalism", published by "Nora-Druk" publishing house, Kiev, 2005
* "Dialogues of the Gods", published by "Pokolenije" magazine, Kiev, 2003
Selected awards
* 2008
ESFSencouragement award
Eurocon-2008* 2008 "Portal" prize for the "Herem" novel
* 2006 "Koronatsia slova/ Coronation of the word" prize for the "Retorta" play
* 2005 Awarded a stipend by "Homines Urbani" program a
Villa Decius Kraków, Poland
* 2004 First place for literature in the "Biennale of the modern arts of Ukraine" (for the "Balada dlia Kryvoji Vargy" novel)
* 2003 First place in the "StArt" contest for young writers (for the "Kodlo" novel)
References
External links
Maryna Sokolyan homepagea selection of poetryat
СУМНО
1979 births
Living people
Writers from Poltava
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy alumni
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