Lit in Translation

Tanja Maljartschuk

Таня Малярчук

Born 1983 · Ukraine

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    BBC Ukrainian Book 2016 · Winner

    Forgottenness

    Забуття · Zabuttia

    Tanja Maljartschuk · 33 when first published

    Novel · 272 pages · Historical

    AI-generated summary:A young woman of today searches through old newspapers to find her own identity and becomes absorbed in the forgotten life of Viacheslav Lypynskyi, a historian, philosopher and failed politician who founded Ukrainian monarchism.

  • In English

    BBC Ukrainian Book 2012 · Shortlist

    A Biography of a Chance Miracle

    Біографія випадкового чуда · Biohrafiia vypadkovoho chuda

    Tanja Maljartschuk · 29 when first published

    Novel · 246 pages · Coming of age

    AI-generated summary:Lena, a girl from a small Ukrainian town who has looked for a miracle since kindergarten, grows up to defend stray dogs and disabled people, while wondering who the woman in a headscarf is who drops from the sky to save the helpless.

  • No English yet

    BBC Ukrainian Book 2006 · Shortlist

    Згори вниз

    Zghory vnyz

    Title translated by AI:“From the Top Down”

    Tanja Maljartschuk · 23 when first published

    Novella · 220 pages

    AI-generated summary:A nameless woman flees city life for a remote house in the Carpathian mountains, hoping for solitude and an end to her fears, and is drawn into a world of local myths, secrets and surreal events.