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Marina Lewycka


Ukraine (b.1946)

Marina Lewycka is a British novelist of Ukrainian origin, currently living in Sheffield, England.

Lewycka was born in a refugee camp in Kiel, Germany after World War II. Her family then moved to England where she now lives. She was educated at Keele University and works as a lecturer in media studies at Sheffield Hallam University.

In addition to her fiction, Lewycka has written a number of books giving practical advice for carers of elderly people, published by the charity Age Concern.
 

Awards: Waterstones (2006), Wodehouse (2005)  see all

Genres: General Fiction, Literary Fiction
 
Novels
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Series contributed to
Ox-Tales
   Ox-Tales: Earth (2009) (with others)
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Non fiction show
 
Marina Lewycka recommends
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Larchfield (2017)
Polly Clark
"The sense of danger hanging over the characters kept me reading until past midnight."
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2007)
Paul Torday
"A wonderful book - a cry for humanity in our target-driven spin-riddled world."
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Broken Biscuits (2006)
Liz Kettle
"Funny, compassionate and sentimental. I couldn't put it down."

Books containing stories by Marina Lewycka
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Too Much Too Young (2012)
(Book Slam Annual, book 2)
edited by
Patrick Neate

Awards
2006 Waterstone's Newcomer of the Year : A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
2005 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize : A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

Award nominations
2016 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize (nominee) : The Lubetkin Legacy
2007 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize (nominee) : Two Caravans
2005 Women's Prize For Fiction (nominee) : A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
2005 Booker Prize (longlist) : A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian


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