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Tetiana "Tania" Volodymyrivna Maliarchuk

タンヤ・マリャルチュク(テティアナ・ヴォロディミリヴナ・マリャルチュク)

Tanya Malyarchuk

Pen Names: Tanja MaljartschukGerman-language spelling / used in German-language publications

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1983-01-01 (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine)
Nationality
Ukraine
Languages
Ukrainian, German
Residence History
Vienna, Austria

Career

Occupations
novelist, short story writer
Active Years
2004-

Awards

Kristal Vilenica (Vilenica International Literary Festival)
2013
Organization: Vilenica International Literary Festival
Result: 受賞
Joseph Conrad-Korzeniowski Literary Award
2013
Organization: Joseph Conrad Foundation / awarding body (details variable)
Result: 受賞
BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year
2016
Organization: BBC Ukrainian
Result: 受賞
Ingeborg Bachmann Award
2018
Work: Frösche im Meer ("Frogs in the Sea")
Organization: Festival of German-Language Literature (Ingeborg Bachmann Prize)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Adolfo's Endspiel, or A Rose for Liza

2004 short stories / novellas

A collection of early short stories and novellas blending realism and elements of the fantastic.

reality and fantasyfamily
Translations
  • Translated into German and other languages

From Top to Bottom: A Book of Fears

2006 short stories

A short story collection centered on fears and anxieties, exploring inner voices and social tensions.

fearinner life

How I Became a Saint

2006 short/novella

A piece mixing personal experience, faith, and strangeness.

faithpersonal transformation

To Speak

2007 short stories

Short stories that interrogate language, silence, and the role of the narrator.

languagesilence

Zviroslov

2009 short stories

A short story collection featuring animal imagery and strange fables.

fableanimals

Biography of an Accidental Miracle

2012 novel

Her first novel, depicting accidental events and everyday miracles.

chancememory

Forgottenness

novel (English translation published)

A novel whose English translation appeared in 2024; deals with forgetfulness and personal histories.

forgettingpersonal history
Translations
  • English translation (2024)

Frösche im Meer (Frogs in the Sea)

2018 short text (presented in German)

The German-language text read at the Bachmann Prize in 2018, containing twists of reality and fable-like elements.

distorted realityfable

Bibliography

  • Adolfo's Endspiel, or A Rose for Liza (2004)
  • From Top to Bottom: A Book of Fears (2006)
  • How I Became a Saint (2006)
  • To Speak (2007)
  • Zviroslov (2009)
  • Biography of an Accidental Miracle (2012)
  • Forgottenness (English translation 2024)
  • Frösche im Meer (2018, in German)

Translations of Works

  • Neunprozentiger Haushaltsessig (German translation, Residenz Verlag)
  • Biografie eines zufälligen Wunders (German translation, Residenz Verlag)
  • Forgottenness (English translation, 2024)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
fabulist elements mixed with realitydark humordense imagery and fragmentary narration
Recurring Motifs
family and parent-child relationsmemory and forgettingmovement and migration

Legacy

Beginning in Ukrainian and later publishing in German, she has gained international recognition with several European literary awards; her 2018 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize win notably raised her profile in the German-speaking world.

Trivia

  • Has been writing in German since 2014.
  • Won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2018.
  • Resides in Vienna.
  • Expanded from short stories and novellas to novels.