Shyyan Halyna (Haska)

HASKA SHYYAN is Ukrainian author, poet and translator.

Born in 1980 in Lviv.

Studied classical philology at Lviv University. Тranslated a novel by DBC Pierre "Lights out in Wonderland" and created a crossectoral art project based on the book under the trade mark"Batrachomyomachia" Haska wrote her first novel "Hunt, Doctor, Hunt! " in 2014 partialy on her cell phone, the edition was illustrated by Marianna Vynar. Her second novel Behind Their Backs was the first Ukrainian novel to receive the European Union Prize for Literature in 2019, as well as two Ukrainian prizes (LItAccent Award and Espreso TV Readers Choice), it also won in the bookpitch of Odesa International Film Festival and Kyiv Book Arsenal.