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Stanislav Volodymyrovych Aseyev

スタニスラフ・ヴォロディミローヴィチ・アセーエフ

Stanislav Volodymyrovych Aseyev

Pen Names: Stanislav VasinUsed during journalism in occupied Donetsk

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1989-10-01 (Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union)
Nationality
Ukrainian
Languages
Ukrainian, Russian
Residence History
Donetsk → Makiivka → Kyiv

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Journalist, Human rights activist
Active Years
2011-2025
Affiliations
Justice Initiative Fund (founder)

Education

Donetsk National Technical University
Institute of Informatics and Artificial Intelligence
Degree: 宗教学修士(優等)
Period: 2006-2012
Year of Graduation: 2012
Country: Ukraine

Awards

Free Media Awards
2020
Organization: Fritt Ord
Result: 受賞
National Freedom of Expression Award
2020
Result: 受賞
Shevchenko National Prize
2021
Work: The Torture Camp on Paradise Street
Result: 受賞
Dianna Ortiz Award for Courage
2023
Result: 受賞
NNW International Film Festival Award 'The Door to Freedom'
2023
Result: 受賞
The Brigade Cross
2024
Organization: Armed Forces of Ukraine
Result: 受賞
Freedom Award
2024
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Torture Camp on Paradise Street

2020 Novel/Autobiography

Autobiographical novel describing time in Izolyatsia prison and torture

TortureOccupationResistance
Translations
  • Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute edition

Bibliography

  • The Sixth Day: collection of poems, stories and verses (2011)
  • Underhill Witches: drama (2011)
  • The Melchior Elephant, or A Man Who Thought (2015/2016)
  • In Isolation (2018)
  • In Isolation: Dispatches from Occupied Donbas (2022)
  • Light Path: the history of a concentration camp (2020)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Philosophical perspectiveJournalisticAutobiographical
Recurring Motifs
WarLife under occupationTorture

Health

  • Contusion
    2024
    Injured in Donbas fighting, hospital rehabilitation
  • Mine-shrapnel wound
    2024
    Severe wound to neck and chest, hospitalized

Legacy

Known for reporting from occupied Donetsk, internationally acclaimed for works based on prison experiences. Served in Ukrainian Armed Forces

In Popular Culture

  • #FreeAseyev campaign

Trivia

  • Stayed in Donetsk after fall, reported under pen name
  • 962 days in Izolyatsia prison
  • Released in 2019 prisoner exchange
  • First Ukrainian journalist to report from Syria's Sednaya prison