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Memorial Page for Wiktorija Amelina

Jan 1, 1986 – Jul 1, 2023(37 years)Died in:Dnipro, Ukraine

Ukrainian writer and activist

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July 1st, 2026

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Biography

Birthplace

Lviv, Lviv Oblast

Place of Death

Dnipro, Ukraine

Nationality

Ukraine

Cause of Death

2023 Kramatorsk restaurant missile strike

Burial Place

Lychakiv Cemetery

Occupation(8)

writer novelistessayistpoet translatorlyricistprogrammerprose writer

Awards(7)

Koronatsiya SlovaLitakcent Roku AwardJoseph Conrad AwardOrder of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd classNorwegian Authors Union Freedom of Expression PrizePrix VoltaireOrwell Prize for Political Writing

Education(1)

Lviv Polytechnic

Victoria Amelina (* January 1, 1986 in Lviv; † July 1, 2023 in Dnipro) was an ukrainian writer and activist. She was 37 years old. She studied at Lviv Polytechnic. She received 7 awards, including Koronatsiya Slova, Litakcent Roku Award. Her cause of death was 2023 Kramatorsk restaurant missile strike. She was buried at Lychakiv Cemetery.

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Born in Lviv, Lviv Oblast

1986

Joseph Conrad Award

2021

Died in Dnipro, Ukraine (2023 Kramatorsk restaurant missile strike)

2023

Norwegian Authors Union Freedom of Expression Prize

2024

Prix Voltaire

2024

Orwell Prize for Political Writing

2025

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Wiktorija Amelina. Forever remembered.