Olesia Mamchych
Ukraine
Olesia Mamchych was born in Kyiv in 1981 and studied creative writing at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Her collections of poetry include Perekotybole (2004), The Sun on Maternity Leave (2014) and Love is as defenseless as a knife (2024). She has also published translations from Polish and eleven books for children.
Her awards include the Lviv BookForum Best Book Award (2021) and the Lesia Ukrainka Award (2022), and her poems have been translated into 14 languages. A member of PEN Ukraine, she lives in Kyiv.
Presented by the Embassy of Ukraine with the support of the Polish Institute New Delhi and the EU Delegation in India.