Maryna Sokolyan
Encyclopedia
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
, in the Ukrainian SSR
of the Soviet Union
(in present-day Ukraine
). In 2002 she graduated from Kyiv-Mohyla Academy with an MA in Sociology
.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
author
Author
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. 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
Poltava is a city in located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Poltava Oblast , as well as the surrounding Poltava Raion of the oblast. Poltava's estimated population is 298,652 ....
, in the Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
(in present-day Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
). In 2002 she graduated from Kyiv-Mohyla Academy with an MA in Sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
.
Books
- “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 ESFS encouragement 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 at 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)