Archive · 26 Jun 2025
Ukrainian Novelist Amelina Awarded Orwell Prize Posthumously
Imagine a writer named Victoria who was working on a book about women in Ukraine during the war.
Sadly, she was killed in a missile strike before she could finish it.
Even though the book wasn't done, it was still so important that it won a special prize called the Orwell Prize.
This prize is for writing that tells the truth.
Her book talks about the difficult lives of women affected by the war.
It was a mix of her thoughts and stories, showing what it was like to live through those tough times.
Her family accepted the award, and the prize money will help a literary festival she started.
Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina posthumously awarded the Orwell Prize.
Amelina's unfinished book, 'Looking at Women, Looking at War,' earned the prize.
The book details the lives of Ukrainian women impacted by the war.
Amelina, a war crimes researcher, was killed in a Russian missile strike.
The award was accepted by her husband at a ceremony in London.
- Who
- Ukrainian novelist and war crimes researcher Victoria Amelina.
- What
- Victoria Amelina was posthumously awarded the Orwell Prize for Political Writing for her unfinished book.
- When
- The award ceremony was held this week, on George Orwell's birthday.
- Where
- The award was presented in London.
- Why
- To honor Amelina's work that exemplifies truth-telling in political writing.
- Award
- Orwell Prize for Political Writing
- Recipient
- Victoria Amelina
- Book Title
- Looking at Women, Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary from Ukraine
- Awarded Posthumously
- Yes
- Died
- June 27, 2023, in Kramatorsk
- Age at Death
- 37
- Husband
- Alex Amelin