Background
She was born 18 December 1979 in Poltava, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union (in present-day Ukraine).
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Maryna Sokolyan
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In 2002 she graduated from Kyiv-Mohyla Academy with an Master of Arts in Sociology.
Career
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. 2008 ESFS encouragement award, Eurocon-2008.
Achievements
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2008 ESFS encouragement award, Eurocon-2008 2006 “Koronatsia slova/ Coronation of the word” prize for the “Retorta” play 2005 Awarded a stipend by “Homines Urbani” program at Villa Decius, Krakow, 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).
