Tytarenko Mariia
Mariia Tytarenko is a poet, essayist, journalist, media researcher, lecturer, and founder of the MA program in media communications at the Ukrainian Catholic University (2012). Mariia is a PhD in social communications, fellow of the Fulbright Program (2008-2009), and an associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communications of the UCU. She teaches theory of communications, creative writing, storytelling, dramaturgy of science, essay and literary report writing, public speaking etc.
Mariia Tytarenko was born on the Kuril island of Iturup. She graduated from Lviv Ivan Franko National University (the Faculty of Journalism), then worked as a journalist at Dzyga Art Center, columnist at the Postup newspaper, and freelance reporter at ONE CNEWA magazine in New York. She was the founder of the literary report laboratory at LitAccent and a jury member of Samovydets literary report competition (2016-2021). Mariia Tytarenko is an author of the essays workshop at Osvitoria.
Her book Communications from Beginner Level: Essays for Manya (2019) was listed among the best books of the year according to PEN Ukraine. It was nominated for Yurii Sheveliov Prize 2019, Lviv the UNESCO City of Literature Prize 2019, and BBC Book of the Year 2019 in the category of Essays.
Bibliography
- Tytarenko Mariya "Sacrifice for Life. The Story of One Ukrainian Lullaby" in "Closer to the Truth. Jewish, Christian, & Muslim Perspectives on Abrahamic Sacrifice", Tughra Books, 2023.
- Communications from Beginner Level: Essays for Manya ("Комунікації з нуля. Есеї для Мані") – Lviv, Old Lion Publishing House, 2019.
- The Expiration Date of Snow ("Термін придатності снігу") – When the Snow Smells Tangerines ("Коли сніг пахне мандаринками") – Lviv, Old Lion Publishing House, 2020.
- Flickering ("Мерехтіння") – Euromaidan. The Chronicles in Short Stories ("Євромайдан. Хроніка в новелах") – Discursus, 2014.
- Selected poetry – International Poetry Review Twenty-Five Years Of Ukrainian Poetry (1985-2010): New Voices with the Freedom to Create – Vol. XXXVI Fall 2010, Number 2.
- Selected poetry (2008-2013). – Art and literary portal WestEast.
- Yu. Some Excerpts from the Chat ("Ю" (уривки листування в чаті)) – The Emerald Collection of Incidents from Very Interesting People ("Смарагдовий жмуток казусів від вельми цікавих людей") – Lviv, LA Pyramid, 2004.
- Exaltation ("Екзальтація") – King’s Woods. The Almanac of Love ("Королівський ліс, Альманах кохання") – Lviv, LA Pyramid, 2002.
Distinctions
Mariia Tytarenko won the Catholic Press Award 2012. She is also the winner of the international essays’ competition from the Fountain magazine with the essay My Manya’s Century or the Butterfly Effect (2015), and the Ukrainian Style Short Story competition from the Kraina magazine with the short story Half an Hour of the Sky (2013), the first prizewinner of Bohdan Ihor Antonych Award for the poetry collection Impacto (2010) and the winner of the Quarantine Experiences essays’ competition from the Center of Urban History (2020). Her poem Bridges ("Мости"), translated into English by Michael Naydan, was animated by the Trafika Europe magazine.
Author's publications on the PEN website:
