Tamara Duda | |
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Native name | Тамара Дуда |
Born | 5 January 1976 Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic |
Pen name | Tamara Horikha Zernya |
Occupation | Writer |
Language | Ukrainian |
Citizenship | Ukraine |
Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv |
Genre | Fiction |
Years active | 2019-present |
Notable works | Daughter |
Notable awards | Shevchenko National Prize |
Spouse | Svyatoslav Boyko |
Children | 3 |
Tamara Anatoliyivna Duda (Ukrainian: Тамара Анатоліївна Дуда; born 5 January 1976), known in Ukraine by the pseudonym Tamara Horikha Zernya (Ukrainian: Тамара Горіха Зерня), is a Ukrainian writer and translator. Having first become known for her Facebook page documenting her time as a volunteer in the Donbas during the early stages of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Duda has since gone on to become a novelist, with her debut novel Daughter (2019) winning the 2022 Shevchenko National Prize for Literature, among other accolades.