KOBZAR Book Award (Kobzar Literary Award)
1 appearances
Maria Reva
マリア・レヴァ
Maria Reva
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Kherson, Ukraine
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English, Ukrainian
- Residence History
- Kherson, Ukraine (until age 7) → Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- writer, short story writer, librettist
- Active Years
- 2018-
- Nominations
- 2020 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize shortlist, 2020 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize shortlist, 2025 Booker Prize longlist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
University of Texas
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
MFA graduate
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers | The Ermine Coat | — | RBC | winner |
| 2019 | National Magazine Award for Fiction | Unsound | — | National Magazine | winner |
| 2022 | Kobzar Literary Award | Good Citizens Need Not Fear | — | — | winner |
| 2025 | Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize | Endling | — | Writers' Trust of Canada | winner |
RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
2018
Work:
The Ermine Coat
Organization:
RBC
Result:
winner
National Magazine Award for Fiction
2019
Work:
Unsound
Organization:
National Magazine
Result:
winner
Kobzar Literary Award
2022
Work:
Good Citizens Need Not Fear
Result:
winner
Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
2025
Work:
Endling
Organization:
Writers' Trust of Canada
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Good Citizens Need Not Fear
2021 short story collectionA collection of short stories set in Soviet-era Ukraine, based in part on family stories.
Soviet Ukrainebureaucracyhumorresistance
Endling
2025 novelA playfully inventive novel set in Ukraine dealing with survival and heavy themes with humor.
Ukrainesurvivalshape-shiftingchaos
Bibliography
- Good Citizens Need Not Fear (2021)
- Endling (2025)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- humoroussatiricalabsurdist
- Recurring Motifs
- Soviet bureaucracyUkrainian lifefamily stories
Legacy
Ukrainian-Canadian writer noted for her debut collection and novel, longlisted for Booker Prize.
Trivia
- Born in Ukraine, immigrated to Canada in 1997 at age 7.
- Collaborates on opera librettos with her sister Anna Pidgorna.