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Yaryna Chornohuz

ヤリナ・チョルノフーズ

Yaryna Chornohuz

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1995 (Kyiv)
Nationality
Ukrainian
Languages
Ukrainian, English
Residence History
Kyiv

Career

Occupations
poet, military medic, senior corporal
Active Years
2019-2024
Affiliations
Hospitallers Medical Battalion, 140th Marine Reconnaissance Battalion, Armed Forces of Ukraine
Influenced By
Oleg Chornohuz
Nominations
Nominated for Women in Arts award in "Women in literature" category (2023)

Education

National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
philology and literature
Country: Ukraine

Awards

Shevchenko National Prize
2024
Organization: Office of the President of Ukraine
Result: 受賞
Medal for Lifesaving (Ukraine)
2022
Organization: Office of the President of Ukraine
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

How the War Circle Bends

2020 free verse

A collection of free verse poetry about trench warfare, written during her time serving on the front lines in the Ukrainian military.

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Style & Themes

Literary Style
free verse
Recurring Motifs
warfront-line life

Legacy

Known as a Ukrainian poet and military medic, awarded the Shevchenko National Prize in 2024. Continues to fight in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, influential in both literature and military service.

Trivia

  • Granddaughter of Ukrainian writer Oleg Chornohuz.
  • Her boyfriend Mykola Sorochuk was killed in action on January 22, 2020, in the Talakivka region.
  • In March 2020, she started a solo protest camp in front of the Presidential Office in Kyiv against Zelenskyy's Donbas peace policy, joined by 500 people within days.