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Tamara Duda

タマラ・ドゥダ

Tamara Duda

Pen Names: Tamara Horikha ZernyaPen name used in Ukraine

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1976-01-05 (Kyiv)
Died
:
Nationality
Ukraine
Languages
Ukrainian, English
Residence History
Kyiv → Village near Hlukhiv, Sumy Oblast

Career

Occupations
Writer, Translator, Journalist
Active Years
2019-

Education

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Faculty of Journalism / Journalism Department
Period: 1993-1998
Year of Graduation: 1998
Country: Ukraine
Kyiv International University
Period: 2003-2005
Country: Ukraine
Embarked on translator career

Awards

Shevchenko National Prize
2022
Work: Daughter
Category: 文学
Organization: Ukrainian Government
Result: 受賞
BBC News Ukrainian Book of the Year
2019
Work: Daughter
Organization: BBC News Ukrainian
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Daughter

2019 Fiction

Set in 2014 at the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War, follows Natalia, a businesswoman in Donetsk who becomes a volunteer in the war effort.

WarVolunteeringDonbas conflict
Adaptations
  • [Film]
Translations
  • English, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish

Legacy

Contemporary Ukrainian writer acclaimed for winning the Shevchenko National Prize.

Trivia

  • Gained prominence through Facebook posts as a volunteer in Donbas
  • Donated tactical glasses to Ukrainian army from sources including US government
  • Married to musician Svyatoslav Boyko, three children