The Ukrainian writer and journalist Tanya Maljarchuk uses her latest book to talk about the consequences of Russia's bellicose expansionist policy for Ukraine.
Monday, 15. May 2023, 19:00 – 20:00 h
At Literaturhaus Zurich, Limmatquai 62, 8001 Zürich
Based on 21 essays, Ingeborg Bachmann Prize winner Tanya Maljartschuk opens up a perspective on Ukraine. In her poignant and analytical book "Gleich geht die Geschichte weiter, wir atmen nur aus" ("The story continues in just a moment, we are only breathing out"; Kiepenheuer&Witsch, October 2022), she demonstrates what Russia's bellicose expansionist policy does to a country and its people. And not just since 2022, but for over a decade.
TTanya Maljarchuk, born in 1983 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, studied philology at the University of Ivano-Frankivsk and worked as a journalist in Kiev after graduating. In 2009, her collection of stories "Nine Percent Household Vinegar" was published in German, in 2013 her novel "Biography of an Accidental Miracle", in 2014 "Of Hares and Other Europeans", and in 2019 her novel "Blue Whale of Memory". In 2018, Tanja Maljartschuk received the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize. The author writes regular columns and lives in Vienna.