Maria Matios
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Maria Matios (Ukr.: Марія Матіос) – Ukrainian writer. Winner of the “Book of the year 2004” and of the Taras Shevchenko National Award in 2005 (for her novel Sweet Darusia). Author of 12 volumes of poetry and prose. The most widely known are: Sweet Darusia (2003, 2004, 2005), Nation (2002, 2003) and The short life (2001).
She is the author of the Banquet at Maria Matios', the first cookery-book in the contemporary Ukrainian literature and the controversial Boulevard Novel. Her interests include psychology, ethnography, gardening and floriculture.
Maria Matios bases her books on the unique experiences of her family, whose roots go back as far as to 1790. She was born in the Roztoki village in the Bukovina region. Presently she resides in Kiev.
