Anna Yovka
Writer
Anna Yovka - modern Ukrainian author, writer of the "new wave" of Ukrainian artists. The first book, "Teide and Theo" was published in 2021 in the literary magazine "Dzvin", the work was also translated and published in English. The short story "Land of Dreams" entered the final of the international competition "WorkStory: Work in the focus of literature" (Chicago) and was published in the collection of the same name. In 2023, she became a laureate of the international literary prize Sahitto Award for an essay about the war in Ukraine and took part in the declaration event of artists and writers of the world about peace on the Korean peninsula, "All artists who oppose the war". Regular participant of the International Festival of Writers and Artists, organized by the International Residence of Writers and Artists, Val David, Quebec, Canada. Participant of the writer residence “International Writers’ and Translators’ House” (Ventspils, Latvia). Author of the British literary magazine T'art. Entered the Grand List of the International Literary Manuscript and Prose Competition for the best book of the year "Winged Lion" 2021. (Ukraine). Her story, "Conversation with Mom," was published in the book About Our Times. The presentation took place in September 2024 in Kyiv. Another publication is "Uprooted", a book written based on collections of interviews with Ukrainian women who survived the Russian invasion of Ukraine and published in Ukrainian in 2025. The presentations took place in Kyiv, Chernivtsi (Ukraine), and Bucharest (Romania). The book is being translated into Romanian and English.
Languages: Ukrainian, English, French
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Blogs: https://medium.com/@yovka_writer , https://www.wattpad.com/stories/yovka
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Education:
2009-2011 - Master's degree in philosophy and religious studies
2024 &2025 https://www.riba.academy/ Classical Writing Course
2025-2026 Academy of Writing and Communication (Ryba, Ukraine)
Publications:
Books:
- Teide & Teo (2020) https://www.amazon.com/Teide-Teo-Anna-Yovka/dp/B088N3TQ2S
- “Uprooted. Women’s perspective on war” (Ukraine, 2025)
Short Stories:
- Collection "Family Sagas", Stories "Memory of the Family" (Kyiv, 2026)
- Collection "Keep in Touch with Me", Stories "Letters to the Sky" (Kyiv, 2026)
- Collection “Beyond Myself”, story "Motanka" (Kyiv, 2025)
- Literary magazine t'ART, "My sister is sleeping" (Great Britain, 2024)
- Collection "In Our Time", Story "A Conversation with Mom" (Kyiv, 2024)
- Literary magazine Dzvin "Tears of an Owl" (Lviv, 2024)