US EditionOrwell Prize for Political Writing Awarded to Novelist Killed in Ukraine War
- On June 25, 2025, Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina was posthumously awarded the U.K. Orwell Prize for Political Writing in London.
- Amelina was honored with an award two years after she died from severe wounds caused by a Russian cruise missile attack on a restaurant in Kramatorsk in June 2023.
- She left her IT career in 2015 to pursue writing full-time and later became a war crimes researcher documenting the resistance efforts of women following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
- Judges praised her incomplete work, *Looking at Women, Looking at War*, as a deeply memorable depiction of war’s impact on individuals, compiled from diary entries and interviews.
- Amelina’s recognition highlights Ukraine’s cultural losses in the war as over 200 artists have died, while the prize money will support a literary festival she founded in Donetsk.
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‘A tragic completeness’: Ukrainian novelist awarded Orwell prize posthumously for unfinished final book
The book, Looking at Women, Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary from Ukraine, traces the lives of Ukrainian women who fell prey to the war’s brutality. The foreword has been
Ukrainian author Victoria Amelina, who was killed in a Russian missile attack in 2023, has been posthumously awarded the Orwell Prize for Political Writing. She is being praised for her work on a book about Russian war crimes, The Guardian reports.
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einnews.comUkrainian author killed by Russia awarded UK’s prestigious Orwell Prize in political writing
Two years after her tragic death in a Russian missile strike, Ukrainian author Victoria Amelina was posthumously awarded on June 25 the prestigious U.K. Orwell Prize for her book “Looking at Women, Looking at War.” Amelina was a finalist among notable nominees in the political non-fiction category, including American
Unfinished book by Victoria Amelina, killed in Ukraine, wins Orwell Prize - Books Ireland
Unfinished book by Victoria Amelina, killed in the war in Ukraine, wins Orwell Prize for Political Writing & Donal Ryan wins Prize for Political Fiction Ukrainian novelist and war crimes investigator Victoria Amelina has posthumously won The Orwell Prize for Political Writing for her book Looking at Women, Looking at War, a powerful examination of women’s courage in resistance. Donal Ryan has won the political fiction prize for Heart, Be at Peac…
Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, who died during the Russian attack on Kramatorsk, posthumously awarded the George Orwell Prize
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