Margaryta Yakovenko

Margaryta Yakovenko (Ukrainian: Маргарита Яковенко; born 1992) is a Ukrainian-born Spanish language writer and journalist.

Margaryta Yakovenko
Born1992 (age 3031)
CitizenshipSpain
Alma materUniversity of Murcia, Pompeu Fabra University
Occupation(s)Journalist, Writer
EmployerEl País
Notable workDesencajada
AwardsGaudi Gresol Literary Award (2022)

Biography

Yakovenko moved with her family to Los Alcázares in 1999 when she was seven years old. She studied journalism at the University of Murcia and completed a master's degree in International Political Journalism at Pompeu Fabra University. She has been an editor at PlayGround magazine, a writer El Periódico de Catalunya, and a writer at La Opinión. She currently works at El País. She published the short story No queda tanto (English: Not Much Left) in the anthology Cuadernos de Medusa (2018), from the editorial Amor de Madre. Desencajada (English: Displaced) was her first novel and published in 2020.[1][2]

Awards

  • Gaudi Gresol Literary Award (2022)
  • Mandarache Award Finalist (2023)

Bibliography

  • Cuadernos de Medusa (2018, Amor de Madre)
  • Desencajada (2020, Caballo de Troya)

References

  1. "Artículos escritos por Margaryta Yakovenko" [Articles written by Margaryta Yakovenko] (in Spanish).
  2. "Desencajada de Margaryta Yakovenko" (in Spanish).
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