Maria Matios is a Ukrainian poet, novelist, and official. She authored twelve volumes of fiction and poetry, including the novel Sweet Darusia, and the collections of stories titled The Short Life and Nation. She was the winner of the Book of the Year 2004 prize and of the Taras Shevchenko National Award in 2005.
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'To my mind Maria Matios's Sweet Darusya is the best contemporary Ukrainian novel written since Ukrainian Independence in 1991. It reveals a family saga that is much more dynamic than classical sagas and at the same time is much more touching and engaging... SEE MORE