Danke Robert Bosch Stiftung!
I remember!
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I have to wonder though which of her books Timothy Snyder Remembers most favourably…
1. The Fall Syndrome, or Homo Compatiens
Synopsis:
Kostya is an ordinary Ukrainian, a product of our time. Politics and Maidan protests are of little interest to him. But the subtitle of the novel “Homo Compatiens” - the man who sympathizes suggests: the main character will not be able to stay in his comfort zone.
2. Someone or a Water Heart
Synopsis:
The protagonist of this book is Someone. And to find out who he really is, he will have to try: learn to read, find a team of like-minded people and realize dreams together. A fun and very beautiful story for the little ones about the problem that they themselves will soon have to solve: who am I and what is my dream? And this story happened in a big aquarium, big and round, like our planet.
3. Dom’s Dream Kingdom
Synopsis:
A funny poodle named Dom tells us the story of a family - an old colonel and several generations of women. The dog and the people feel awkward in the small Lviv apartment where he lived before… What difference does it make? The stones will not tell. Or they will tell you if you have a dog’s sense. Are there any stories that will help a colonel from the east of Ukraine or his dog finally feel at home in Lviv in the 90s?
It seems that you will never find a key to someone else’s chest. Never let go of the fighter’s helm again. Neither the dog nor the walls will ever accept new owners. But sometimes someone else’s secret turns out to be yours too. And maybe the heroes of this story will manage to find a home.
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4. Stories of Eka the Excavator
Synopsis:
Eka is a small excavator. But his adventures are big, sometimes even on a global scale! Eka, like a real superhero, has the power to save the world… maybe. Eka likes to talk about his amazing adventures: on how he scooped up half the sea with a bucket, or how he plucked a star from the sky… or even of when he almost stole an iceberg in Antarctica. Eka really wants to be important! Perhaps he can help St. Nicholas, or bring a dinosaur skeleton to a museum, or simply save his beloved park from destruction… Maybe, just maybe, like the famous Baron Munchausen, Eka exaggerates a little in his storie-e-es? There is only a way to find out!
Storie-e-es of Eka the Excavator is a collection of the funnies stories from the most talkative excavator in the world!
Wartime work
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, she worked as a war crimes researcher for Truth Hounds, a Ukrainian organization.[18][19][17] She used her training as a novelist to interview witnesses.[17]
In September 2022, while doing research in the Izium region, she uncovered the war diary of fellow Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Vakulenko, who had been killed by the occupying forces in March 2022.[17][20] In May 2023, Vakulenko received a posthumous award from the International Publishers Association, which Amelina accepted on his behalf.[17]
Amelina also hosted internally displaced Ukrainians and helped to deliver humanitarian aid in Lviv.[17]
Personal life and death
Amelina had a son in the early 2010s.As of 2022, Amelina lived in Kyiv.[18] In June 2023, after receiving a residency in Paris, Amelina considered moving there with her 12-year-old son.[17]
On 27 June 2023, she was injured during the Russian attack on Kramatorsk while she was dining at RIA Pizza together with Héctor Abad, Sergio Jaramillo and Catalina Gómez. The restaurant was hit by an Iskander missile.[21][22] Amelina died due to her injuries on 1 July at the Mechnikov Hospital in Dnipro at the age of 37.[23][24] She was buried in Lviv.[17]
In 2023, a tribute to Amelina, Nothing Bad Has Ever Happened, was published by Arrowsmith Press. It included international contributions and previously published work by Amelina in English translation.[25]
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