Lada Luzina Explained

Native Name:Лада Лузіна
Birth Date:21 October 1972
Birth Name:Vladislava Kucherova
Birth Place:Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Native Name Lang:Ukrainian

Vladislava Kucherova (Ukrainian: ; born 21 October 1972), better known by the pen name Lada Luzina (Ukrainian:), is a Ukrainian author and former journalist. Nicknamed the "Kyiv Witch",[1] she writes novels in Russian within the crime and fantasy genres.[2] [3]

Biography

Luzina was born on 21 October 1972 in Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Her parents divorced when she was four years old.

Eventually, she began to user her mother's maiden name, Luzina, as a pseudonym.

After the 8th grade, her mother took Luzina to an architectural school, the Vocational School No. 18, after which she worked in construction. She later entered the Faculty of Theater Criticism of the Kyiv Theater Institute. Starting her freshman year, her articles and poems began to be printed in various publications.

After leaving school, Luzina began her career as a tabloid journalist, which earned her the nickname "scandal journalist".

Writing

Luzina stories are mainly set in Kyiv, where she lives and works, and typically follow the urban fantasy genre.[4] She began her book career in 2002, when she self-published her first book, My Lolita.

Initially planned as a trilogy, her "Witches of Kyiv" series began in 2005, when the book Sword and Cross was published. The series is of the crime and fantasy genre. Thematically, it focuses on questions around the cultural identity of Kyiv as it sits between Russia and Ukraine.[5]

The publisher originally announced that the third and final book of the series, The Master's Recipe, was planned to be released in the fall of 2011. The first eight chapters of the book were uploaded onto Luzina's website, but by 2014, the book had still not been published. Instead, three different novels from the series were released in 2011.

In 2014, Luzina wrote a book titled Kak ja byla skandal'noj žurnalistkoj (How I was a Scandalous Journalist). Her 2020 urban fantasy book, Demons of Vladimirskaya Gorka, was based on Kyiv's historical plague and cholera epidemics.[6]

Personal views

Russia

Luzina has stated that Ukraine, Belarus and Russia all come from Kievan Rus', and has called Russia "Ukraine's daughter."[7]

Awards and honors

Luzina's book Shot at the Opera, the second in her "Witches of Kyiv" series, was awarded “Best Ukrainian Book” in 2008.

In 2010, Luzina was included in the list of "Top 10 most successful writers of Ukraine" according to magazine, which estimated the total book circulation of the writer sold in Ukraine between 1992 and 2010 to be about 250 thousand copies.[8] [9] [10] In 2012, she was included in the ranking of the top 30 most successful writers of Ukraine, according to the magazine Focus.[11] [12] In 2012, the writer received the literary award.[13]

Selected bibliography

"Kiev Witches" series

Books about Ukraine

Children's books

Screen adaptations

In 2007 and 2008, the Ukrainian and Russian films Masha and the Sea (Masha i more) were released based on the story of the same name from Luzina's book I am a witch!

References

  1. Web site: Zhuk . Alyona . 31 October 2011 . Bewitched by Kyiv and its legends, Luzina combines fact and fiction . 6 March 2022 . KyivPost.
  2. Book: Stadt - Mord - Ordnung . 2014 . 9783837619188 . Colombi . Matteo . 20 . German . Der ost- und ostmitteleuropäische Krimi zwischen Gattung und Region . 10.1515/transcript.9783839419182.11 . De Gruyter.
  3. Book: Olshevska, Anna . Stadt - Mord - Ordnung . 2014 . Colombi . Matteo . German . Wie verhext – Kiew als russische Stadt: Zu Lada Lusinas Romanreihe „Die Hexen von Kiew“ . How bewitched – Kyiv as a Russian city: On Lada Lusina's novel series "The Witches of Kyiv" . 10.1515/transcript.9783839419182.123 . De Gruyter.
  4. Петухова . Олена Іванівна . ИНТЕРМЕДИАЛЬНОСТЬ В ПОВЕСТИ ЛАДЫ ЛУЗИНОЙ "НИКОЛА МОКРЫЙ" . літературознавство . 2017 . 2 . 84 . 110–121 . 10.5281/zenodo.268994.
  5. Book: Stadt, Mord, Ordnung. Urbane Topographien des Verbrechens in der Kriminalliteratur aus Ost- und Mitteleuropa . Zeitschrift für Slawistik . 2014 . 978-3-8376-1918-8 . 59 . 599–601 . German . 10.1515/slaw-2014-0043 . 4 . Altmann . Kristin Elisabeth .
  6. Web site: 5 March 2020 . Про эпидемии в Киеве написали книгу . 6 March 2022 . socportal.info . ru.
  7. Web site: Яку помилку допускають українці, відхрещуючись від Росії, розповідає письменниця Лада Лузіна . nv.ua . 6 March 2022 . uk.
  8. Web site: ТОП-10 найуспішніших письменників України . Bukvoid . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315025444/http://bukvoid.com.ua/events/raityng/2010/12/22/181539.html . 15 March 2016 . 22 December 2010 . dead.
  9. Web site: 10 найуспішніших письменників України . glavred.info . 6 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200243/http://glavred.info/archive/2010/12/21/084314-1.html . 4 March 2016 . ru . 4 March 2016 . live.
  10. Web site: Сімона Вілар – єдина українська письменниця – «мільйонерка» . sumno.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20160719075841/http://sumno.com/article/simona-vilar-jedyna-ukrajinska-pysmennytsya-miljon/ . 19 July 2016 . 13 February 2011.
  11. Web site: «Фокус» назвав найуспішнішою українською письменницею Симону Вілар . telekritika.ua . https://web.archive.org/web/20170304070451/http://ua.telekritika.ua/news/2013-01-24/78449 . 4 March 2017 . 24 January 2013.
  12. Web site: Топ-10 найуспішніших письменників України . ЛітАкцент - світ сучасної літератури . 6 March 2022 . uk . 24 January 2013.
  13. Web site: Нагороджені . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070237/http://goldenwriters.com.ua/ua/news/?pid=1596 . 4 March 2016 . 24 November 2012.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Lada Luzina".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.