Looking at Women, Looking at War
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Orwell Prize for Political Writing | 2025 | Winner |
About This Book
A posthumously published collection of essays and reportage by the Ukrainian novelist and war crimes documentarian Victoria Amelina, who was killed by a Russian missile strike in July 2023. Amelina reflects on literature, war, the role of the writer in catastrophic times, and the experience of Ukrainian women in the Russian invasion. A profound and essential testimony from a major literary voice silenced by war.
About the Author
Victoria Amelina (1986–2023) was a Ukrainian novelist and war crimes documentarian who became one of the most eloquent literary voices of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Born in Lviv, she was the author of the novels The Rock and the Sea (2014) and Dom's Dream Kingdom (2017), and had published a children's book and poetry before the full-scale invasion of February 2022 changed the direction of her work. After the invasion, Amelina stopped writing fiction and began documenting Russian war crimes in Ukraine as part of the Truth Hounds organisation, accompanying fact-finding missions to liberated Ukrainian territories. Read more →
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