Victoria Amelina
Victoria Amelina ( Ukrainian Вікторія Амеліна Wiktorija Amelina ; born December 1, 1986 in Lviv , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian writer .
biography
Victoria Amelina emigrated to Canada for a short time with her father Jurij at the age of 14, but then returned to the Ukraine.
After graduating from high school, she studied computer technology at the Lviv National Polytechnic University and, after completing her master's degree, worked in the IT industry as a programmer and manager. In 2014 she gave up her successful career in favor of writing. She is married and has a son.
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So far, Amelina has published two novels. In her first novel “Herbst-Syndrom oder Homo compatiens” the highly empathetic protagonist experienced several social upheavals or revolutions of the 21st century, especially the one on Cairo's Tahrir Square in 2011 and finally the Euromajdan 2013/14.
Her second novel "A House for Cathedral" is centered around a house at the High Castle near Lemberg, which turns out to be the former home of the writer Stanisław Lem . The family saga is told from the perspective of a dog named Dominik. Neither the dog nor the house really takes in the new owners for a long time. So it is about Lviv city history, memory in general, coping with the legacy of 70 years of Soviet Union coining and thus also about " decommunization ". Perhaps the former pilot from eastern Ukraine and the dog are finally feeling at home in Lviv in the 1990s, especially after one begins to remember the many layers of history? Amelina's stories always add a good dose of mystery and symbolism.
In 2016 Amelina published her first children's book: “Irgendwer, oder Wasserherz”.
The author occasionally publishes on the blog page zbrucz.eu, which is mainly used by writers.
Participation in literary festivals, nominations and further feedback
Amelina took part in literary festivals in Ukraine, the largest within the framework of the Lviv Book Forum , the short story festival “ Intermezzo” in Vinnytsia , as well as at the Zaporozhe book flask and in the Netherlands at the festival “Read my world” in Amsterdam . She has been a member of the PEN Club since February 2018.
Her first novel was nominated for the Koronacija Slova award in 2015 and was shortlisted for several Ukrainian literary awards (Litakcent, Valery Shevchuk Prize).
Amelina's texts have been translated into Czech, Dutch and German.
Work bibliography
- Синдром листопаду, або Homo Compatiens [Herbst Syndrome or Homo compatiens]. Discursus, Ivano-Frankiwsk 2014, 2nd edition Vivat, Charkiw 2015.
- Хтось, Або Водяне Серце [anyone, or water heart]. Old Lion Publishing House, Lviv, 2016
- Дім для Дома [A house for cathedral]. Verlag des Alten Löwen, Lviv, 2017. An excerpt was found on the ZeitZug literature page for two years, a translation by Christian Weise. The text was deleted in October on special request. .
- Dom dla Doma. Translated by Katarzyna Kotyńska. Wrocław, Wydawnictwo Warstwy, 2020. ISBN 978-83-65502-43-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the information on linkedin [1] ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . As a result of her international activity, her name is decisive in the English spelling.
- ↑ See the English review by Kateryna Shemha [2] .
- ↑ Cf. their linked texts on the zbrucz website [3] .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amelina, Victoria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Амеліна, Вікторія (Ukrainian); Amelina, Wiktorija (transcription) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st December 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lviv , Ukrainian SSR |