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'''Yaroslav Yosypovych<ref>https://esu.com.ua/article-66368</ref> Melnyk''' ({{langx|uk|Ярослав Йосипович Мельник}}, {{langx|lt|Jaroslavas Melnikas}}; born 6 February 1959) is a Ukrainian and Lithuanian [[novelist]], [[philosopher]], and literary critic. |
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==Early life== |
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Melnyk was born in [[Smyha]] in 1959 and holds an undergraduate degree from [[Lviv University]] and a postgraduate degree from [[Maxim Gorky Literature Institute]] in Moscow.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Мельник Ярослав Йосипович|url=https://www.ukrlib.com.ua/bio/printit.php?tid=15087 |website=www.ukrlib.com.ua |access-date=1 March 2024|lang=uk}}</ref><ref name=":2">[https://esu.com.ua/article-66368 Мельник Ярослав Йосипович] / А. Л. Тараненко. Енциклопедія сучасної України / ред. кол.: І. М. Дзюба [та ін.] ; НАН України, НТШ. — К. : Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України, 2018. — Т. 20 : Медична — Мікоян. — 687 с. — {{ISBN|978-966-02-8346-6}}.</ref> |
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Born in [[West Ukraine]], J.Melnik is graduated from [[Lviv University]] and did his postgraduate studies at [[Maxim Gorky Literature Institute]] in Moscow. He worked as a magazine writer for [[Elle (magazine)]]. |
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His dystopian novel " |
His dystopian novel "Remote space" (BBC Book of the Year 2013) published in France in 2017, also had real success (Prize Libr'a Nous 2018, Best book of the Year).<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Le prix Libr'à nous 2018 dévoile ses lauréats|url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/le-prix-libra-nous-2018-devoile-ses-laureats|access-date=2021-04-08|website=Livres Hebdo|language=fr}}</ref> |
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Critics call him a mystic and existential writer. |
Critics call him a mystic and existential writer. |
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His work is in the compulsory curriculum of secondary schools in Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ярослав Мельник |url=https://www.writers.in.ua/writer/yaroslav-melnyk/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=www.writers.in.ua |language=uk}}</ref> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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⚫ | Melnik's books have been among the best Lithuanian and Ukrainian books of the year several times. The End of the World, Distant Space, and Masha, Or Post-fascism were all included in the Top Five Lithuanian Books in their respective publication years. Kelias į rojų (The Road to Paradise) was also named one of the Top Twelve Most Creative Lithuanian Books in 2010 and was nominated for the Europe Book Prize. His book, The Paris Diary (2013), became a bestseller in Lithuania. |
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⚫ | Melnik's dystopian novel "Remote Space" (Distant space) won BBC Book of the Year in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 December 2013|title=BBC Ukrainian announces winners of Book of the Year 2013 awards|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/ukraine-book-awards-winners|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> It was published in [[French language|French]] in 2017 as Espace lointain (Agullo editions, translated from Lithuanian). |
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J.Melnik was a well known critic in Ukraine before moving to Lithuania and becoming a Lithuanian writer of Ukrainian descent. However, he has in 2012 enjoyed a literary return to Ukraine and Ukrainian. |
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⚫ | The novel was awarded a prize for the Book of the Year in [[France]] (LIBR'A NOUS 2018,<ref name=":0" /> the Imaginary category : 250 bookstores of Francophone countries elected a long list, then a shortlist and finally a winner. Choice of 400 novels). Espace Lointain is being reissued in pocket-sized format in 2018 (ed. [[Le Livre de Poche]]). |
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He's a winner of numerous competitions and awards, author of more than ten books which have been published in European countries. |
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⚫ | In 2016 it was published in Ukraine (shortlisted for the BBC Book Of The Year 2016),<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC Ukrainian reveals Book of the Year 2016 shortlists|url=https://www.ebrd.com/news/2016/bbc-ukrainian-reveals-book-of-the-year-2016-shortlists-in-partnership-with-ebrd-.html|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.ebrd.com|language=en}}</ref> and became a bestseller. "In a futuristic novel with a sharp plot titled “Masha, or the Fourth Reich”, which was described by critics as a “shocking work about Nazis and intense love”, the author develops anti-utopian genre and analyzes the sins of humanity" (Planet News review).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-12-18|title=Love for Human: Yaroslav Melnyk's "Masha, or the Fourth Reich"|url=https://www.planetnews.info/love-for-human-yaroslav-melnyks-masha-or-the-fourth-reich/|access-date=2021-04-08|website=Planet News|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2020, the novel was published in France by [[Actes Sud]]. |
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In 2019, the "Scandinavian" detective Adata Needle by J. Melnik was released, in which the investigation of an unusual sexual crime is accompanied by penetration into the depths of the human psyche. The novel raises the problem of religious [[sects]] and Freudian complexes. |
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⚫ | Melnik's books have been among the best Lithuanian and Ukrainian books of the year |
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he book has received a number of nominations. |
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His book The Paris Diary (2013) became a bestseller in Lithuania. |
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⚫ | The novel was awarded a prize for the Book of the Year in [[France]] ( |
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Critics call him “a Neo-Symbolist of Lithuanian literature” |
Critics call him “a Neo-Symbolist of Lithuanian literature” |
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All of his books in Ukrainian prose were finalist's books of the “BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year” ( |
All of his books in Ukrainian prose were finalist's books of the “BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year” (2012,<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 December 2012|title=BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year shortlists revealed|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/131212-ukrainianbookoftheyear2012|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> 2013,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Short-list of BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year in partnership with EBRD Cultural Programme|url=https://www.ebrd.com/news/2013/short-list-of-bbc-ukrainian-book-of-the-year-in-partnership-with-ebrd-cultural-programme.html|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.ebrd.com|language=en}}</ref> 2014, 2016<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC Ukrainian reveals Book of the Year 2016 shortlists|url=https://www.ebrd.com/news/2016/bbc-ukrainian-reveals-book-of-the-year-2016-shortlists-in-partnership-with-ebrd-.html|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.ebrd.com|language=en}}</ref>). |
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A real success ([http://www.telerama.fr/livres/espace-lointain,n5227414.php Télérama]) |
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An initiatory novel with dull melancholy ([https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2017/08/31/a-megapolis-royaume-des-aveugles_5178887_3260.html#tu3oXf8CE8KfPYpg.99https://www.lemonde.fr Le Monde]) |
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A very cinematic writing ([http://www.lepoint.fr/pop-culture/livres/espace-lointain-le-mythe-de-la-caverne-n-a-pas-pris-une-ride-12-01-2018-2186076_2945.php Le Point]) |
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To read with your eyes closed! (Canard enchainé) |
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Halfway between Tarkovsky and Saramago ([http://chk1191.phpnet.org/espace-lointain-jaroslav-melnik/ Addict-Culture]) |
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Why deprive yourself of such a jewel? ([https://www.20minutes.fr/livres/2167235-20171121-espace-lointain-royaume-aveugles-voyants-persecutes?xtor=RSS-176 20 minutes]) |
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Jaroslavas Melnikas questions with great accuracy the taboos that limit human freedom (Lire) |
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He meditates, like Dostoyevsky, on the relations of sin with freedom (La Croix) |
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We return to the fundamentals of the SF, those of Poul Anderson, Clifford Simak, Brian Aldiss or Isaac Asimov ... It was a while that the SF did not deliver a work of this level ([http://www.lacauselitteraire.fr/espace-lointain-jaroslav-melnik La Cause Littéraire]) |
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== Books == |
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== Selected works == |
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* Freedom, or Sin (Laisvė ar nuodėmė): philosophical essays. Vilnius: Petro ofsetas, 1996. |
* Freedom, or Sin (Laisvė ar nuodėmė): philosophical essays. Vilnius: Petro ofsetas, 1996. |
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* The Pariahs of Eden (Les Parias d’Eden): novel. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1997. |
* The Pariahs of Eden (Les Parias d’Eden): novel. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1997. |
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* Lords of heaven: novel. Vilnius: Alma littera, 2016 |
* Lords of heaven: novel. Vilnius: Alma littera, 2016 |
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* Remote space (Espace lointain, in French): novel. Paris: Agullo editions, 2017 |
* Remote space (Espace lointain, in French): novel. Paris: Agullo editions, 2017 |
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* Last day (in English, translated from Lithuanian): Noir Press, 2018 |
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* Remote space ( |
* Remote space (Espace lointain, in French, Pocket Edition): novel. Paris: Livre de Poche, 2018 |
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* Masha, or Post-fascism (Macha ou le IV Reich, in French, [[Actes Sud]]), 2020 |
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* Remote space (Der weite Raum, in German, Klak Publishing House): novel. Berlin: 2020 |
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== References == |
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{{Reflist}} |
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== External links == |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170823202853/http://www.transcript-review.org/en/issue/transcript-34-science-fiction-and-political-fantasy/jaroslavas-melnikas Transcript] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170823202853/http://www.transcript-review.org/en/issue/transcript-34-science-fiction-and-political-fantasy/jaroslavas-melnikas Transcript] |
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* [http://www.mmcentras.lt/constructive-illogicality-or-postmodern-allegories/78593 CONSTRUCTIVE ILLOGICALITY OR POSTMODERN ALLEGORIES. About Melnik's prose] |
* [http://www.mmcentras.lt/constructive-illogicality-or-postmodern-allegories/78593 CONSTRUCTIVE ILLOGICALITY OR POSTMODERN ALLEGORIES. About Melnik's prose] https://archive.today/20170603101813/http://www.mmcentras.lt/constructive-illogicality-or-postmodern-allegories/78593 |
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* [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/european/2013/12/bbc-ukrainian-book-of-the-year-2013.html#sthash.NHRKxwGa.dpuf British library] |
* [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/european/2013/12/bbc-ukrainian-book-of-the-year-2013.html#sthash.NHRKxwGa.dpuf British library] |
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* [https://scifiportal.eu/yaroslav-melnyks-science-fiction-novels/ Yaroslav Melnyk’s Science Fiction Novels] |
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* [https://archive.today/20121215133127/http://test.svs.lt/?Vilnius;Article(4702);print Relating Daily Routine to Eternity] |
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Latest revision as of 05:19, 3 November 2024
Yaroslav Melnyk | |
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Nationality | Ukrainian and Lithuanian |
Alma mater | Lviv University |
Occupation(s) | novelist, philosopher, critic |
Yaroslav Yosypovych[1] Melnyk (Ukrainian: Ярослав Йосипович Мельник, Lithuanian: Jaroslavas Melnikas; born 6 February 1959) is a Ukrainian and Lithuanian novelist, philosopher, and literary critic.
Early life
[edit]Melnyk was born in Smyha in 1959 and holds an undergraduate degree from Lviv University and a postgraduate degree from Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow.[2][3]
In 1997, the novel Les Parias d’Eden (The Pariahs of Eden) was published by Robert Laffont Publishers in Paris. It received accolades from France’s literary critics and was praised by the country’s press.[2]
His dystopian novel "Remote space" (BBC Book of the Year 2013) published in France in 2017, also had real success (Prize Libr'a Nous 2018, Best book of the Year).[2][3][4]
Critics call him a mystic and existential writer.
His work is in the compulsory curriculum of secondary schools in Ukraine.[5]
Career
[edit]Melnik's books have been among the best Lithuanian and Ukrainian books of the year several times. The End of the World, Distant Space, and Masha, Or Post-fascism were all included in the Top Five Lithuanian Books in their respective publication years. Kelias į rojų (The Road to Paradise) was also named one of the Top Twelve Most Creative Lithuanian Books in 2010 and was nominated for the Europe Book Prize. His book, The Paris Diary (2013), became a bestseller in Lithuania.
Melnik's dystopian novel "Remote Space" (Distant space) won BBC Book of the Year in 2013.[6] It was published in French in 2017 as Espace lointain (Agullo editions, translated from Lithuanian). The novel was awarded a prize for the Book of the Year in France (LIBR'A NOUS 2018,[4] the Imaginary category : 250 bookstores of Francophone countries elected a long list, then a shortlist and finally a winner. Choice of 400 novels). Espace Lointain is being reissued in pocket-sized format in 2018 (ed. Le Livre de Poche).
His dystopian novel Masha, or the Fourth Reich (published in Lithuanian as ‘Maša, arba Postfašizmas’) is shortlisted for “Books of the Year 2014”. In 2016 it was published in Ukraine (shortlisted for the BBC Book Of The Year 2016),[7] and became a bestseller. "In a futuristic novel with a sharp plot titled “Masha, or the Fourth Reich”, which was described by critics as a “shocking work about Nazis and intense love”, the author develops anti-utopian genre and analyzes the sins of humanity" (Planet News review).[8] In 2020, the novel was published in France by Actes Sud.
In 2019, the "Scandinavian" detective Adata Needle by J. Melnik was released, in which the investigation of an unusual sexual crime is accompanied by penetration into the depths of the human psyche. The novel raises the problem of religious sects and Freudian complexes. he book has received a number of nominations.
His work is characterized by its constructivist and philosophical approach, by existential problems and intriguing combinations of science fiction and realism. This is typical for the book Rojalio kambarys (The Grand Piano Room - Last Day).
Critics call him “a Neo-Symbolist of Lithuanian literature”
"Yaroslav Melnyk is the most cosmopolitan Ukrainian writer of the 21st century" (British library, London)
All of his books in Ukrainian prose were finalist's books of the “BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year” (2012,[9] 2013,[10] 2014, 2016[11]).
Personal life
[edit]He divides his time between Lithuania and France.[2][3]
Selected works
[edit]- Freedom, or Sin (Laisvė ar nuodėmė): philosophical essays. Vilnius: Petro ofsetas, 1996.
- The Pariahs of Eden (Les Parias d’Eden): novel. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1997.
- The Grand Piano Room (Rojalio kambarys): long and short stories. Vilnius: Lithuanian Writers' Union publishers, 2004
- The End of the World (Pasaulio pabaiga): long and short stories. Vilnius: Lithuanian Writers' Union publishers, 2006
- A Very Strange House (Labai keistas namas): 88 novels: philosophical miniatures. Vilnius: Lithuanian Writers' Union publishers, 2008
- Remote space (Tolima erdvė, in Lithuanian): novel. Vilnius: Lithuanian Writers' Union publishers, 2008
- The Road to Paradise (Kelias į rojų): surrealistic novel, long and short stories. Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 2010.
- Phone me, talk to me (Телефонуй мені, говори зі мною): novel, long and short stories. Kiev: Tempora, 2012.
- The Paris Diary (Paryžiaus dienoraštis): essays. Vilnius: Alma littera, 2013
- Remote Space (Далекий простір, in Ukrainian): novel. Charkiv: Family Leisure Club, 2013
- Masha, or Post-fascism (Maša, arba Postfašizmas, in Lithuanian): novel. Vilnius: Alma littera, 2013
- Why I Do Not Get Tired of Living (Чому я не втомлююся жити): long and short stories. Charkiv: Family Leisure Club, 2014
- Anorexia (Anoreksija): 22 short stories. Vilnius: Alma littera, 2013
- Masha, or Post-fascism (Маша, або постфашизм, in Ukrainian): novel. Lviv: The Old Lion Publishing House, 2016
- Lords of heaven: novel. Vilnius: Alma littera, 2016
- Remote space (Espace lointain, in French): novel. Paris: Agullo editions, 2017
- Last day (in English, translated from Lithuanian): Noir Press, 2018
- Remote space (Espace lointain, in French, Pocket Edition): novel. Paris: Livre de Poche, 2018
- Masha, or Post-fascism (Macha ou le IV Reich, in French, Actes Sud), 2020
- Remote space (Der weite Raum, in German, Klak Publishing House): novel. Berlin: 2020
References
[edit]- ^ https://esu.com.ua/article-66368
- ^ a b c d "Мельник Ярослав Йосипович". www.ukrlib.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Мельник Ярослав Йосипович / А. Л. Тараненко. Енциклопедія сучасної України / ред. кол.: І. М. Дзюба [та ін.] ; НАН України, НТШ. — К. : Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України, 2018. — Т. 20 : Медична — Мікоян. — 687 с. — ISBN 978-966-02-8346-6.
- ^ a b "Le prix Libr'à nous 2018 dévoile ses lauréats". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ "Ярослав Мельник". www.writers.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- ^ "BBC Ukrainian announces winners of Book of the Year 2013 awards". www.bbc.co.uk. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ "BBC Ukrainian reveals Book of the Year 2016 shortlists". www.ebrd.com. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ "Love for Human: Yaroslav Melnyk's "Masha, or the Fourth Reich"". Planet News. 2015-12-18. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ "BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year shortlists revealed". www.bbc.co.uk. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ "Short-list of BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year in partnership with EBRD Cultural Programme". www.ebrd.com. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ "BBC Ukrainian reveals Book of the Year 2016 shortlists". www.ebrd.com. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
External links
[edit]- BBC Book of the Year
- Transcript
- CONSTRUCTIVE ILLOGICALITY OR POSTMODERN ALLEGORIES. About Melnik's prose https://archive.today/20170603101813/http://www.mmcentras.lt/constructive-illogicality-or-postmodern-allegories/78593
- British library
- Yaroslav Melnyk’s Science Fiction Novels
- Relating Daily Routine to Eternity