Orwell Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 32 (2025) Winner
Victoria Amelina
ヴィクトーリヤ・アメリーナ
Viktorīa Amerīna
Aliases:
Viktoriia Yuriivna Amelina / Viktoriia Shalamay
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1986-01-01 （Lviv）
- Died
- 2023-07-01 （Dnipro） age 37
- Nationality
- Ukraine
- Languages
- Ukrainian
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Lviv → Canada (briefly) → Kyiv
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Essayist, War crimes researcher
- Active Years
- 2014-2023
- Affiliations
- PEN International
- Memberships
- PEN International
- Nominations
- European Union Prize for Literature shortlist (2019)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lviv Polytechnic National University | — | Computer Science | コンピュータサイエンスの学位 | — | Ukraine |
Lviv Polytechnic National University
Computer Science
Degree:
コンピュータサイエンスの学位
Country:
Ukraine
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Order of Merit (Ukraine) | — | 3rd class | Office of the President of Ukraine | 受賞（追贈） |
| 2021 | Joseph Conrad Literary Award | — | — | Polish Institute in Kyiv | 受賞 |
| 2019 | European Union Prize for Literature | Dom's Dream Kingdom | — | European Union | ショートリスト |
| 2025 | Orwell Prize for Political Writing | Looking at Women Looking at War | — | — | 受賞（追贈） |
Order of Merit (Ukraine)
2024
Category:
3rd class
Organization:
Office of the President of Ukraine
Result:
受賞（追贈）
Joseph Conrad Literary Award
2021
Organization:
Polish Institute in Kyiv
Result:
受賞
European Union Prize for Literature
2019
Work:
Dom's Dream Kingdom
Organization:
European Union
Result:
ショートリスト
Orwell Prize for Political Writing
2025
Work:
Looking at Women Looking at War
Result:
受賞（追贈）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Fall Syndrome, or Homo Compatiens
2014 NovelDeals with the events at Maidan in 2014.
EmpathyMaidan Revolution
Dom's Dream Kingdom
2017 NovelAbout the family of a Soviet colonel in Lviv in the 1990s.
FamilyHistory
Looking at Women Looking at War
2025 Non-fictionDiary of women pursuing justice in war.
WarJustice
Bibliography
- The Fall Syndrome, or Homo Compatiens (2014)
- The Fall Syndrome, or Homo Compatiens (2015)
- Somebody, or Water Heart (2016)
- Dom's Dream Kingdom (2017)
- Stories of Eka the Excavator (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Short sentencesPoetic in war
- Recurring Motifs
- WarEmpathyUkrainian history
Health
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Missile strike injuries2023-06-27 〜 2023-07-01Fatal
Legacy
Ukrainian writer active during war, posthumous awards.
In Popular Culture
- Promotion patron for College of Europe (2025/2026)
Quotes
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That's what war leaves you. The sentences are as short as possible, the punctuation a redundant luxury, the plot unclear, but every word carries so much meaning.
Source: Interview (2022)
Trivia
- Emigrated to Canada at age 14 but returned soon.
- Discovered Volodymyr Vakulenko's war diary.
- Injured in Russian missile strike at RIA Pizza.