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Olesya Mamchich, also spelled Mamchych (born 1981) is a Ukrainian poet and children's writer.
Early life and education
Olesya Mamchich was born in 1981, in Kyiv. She completed studies in creative writing at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Career
Olesya Mamchich debuted in 2005. Her poems for children are taught as part of Ukrainian elementary school curriculum. Her works have been translated into English, Polish, Belarusian, Georgian, Romanian, Russian, Lithuanian, Latvian and Hebrew. Her texts inspired songs of the Ukrainian band OY Sound System.
Mamchich organised many poem reading events at the Euromaidan protests. She is a curator of a Ukrainian children's literature award. In 2022, she received the Lesya Ukrainka Award in the Literary Works for Children and Youth category.
Publications
= Poetry
=Перекотиболе, 2005
Обкладинка, 2014
Сонце пішло у декрет, 2014
= Children's books
=А на нас упав ананас, 2013
Тиранозавр Оленка, 2017
Електромобіль Сашко, 2018
Хто з’їв мою піжаму?, 2018
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Olesya Mamchich
- 1981 in literature
- Lesya Ukrainka Award
- List of Ukrainian women writers
- Natalia Belchenko
- Minuta slavy
