About Author GRITSAN-CHONKA TETYANA VASYLIVNA

Tetyana Vasylivna Hrytsan-Chonka is a Ukrainian writer, born on April 29, 1964, in the village of Vilkhivtsi. She currently resides in Zakarpattia. By profession, she is an educator and works at the Krasnyanske Lyceum.

She is a member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine, the International Academy of Literature, Art, and Communication "Gloria" (Germany), and the All-Ukrainian Public Organization "Kobzar".

She is the author of 12 poetry collections and the novel-essay "Living Doors, or I Am a Blind Apple of Centuries. I Am a Woman…". She is also the co-author of 77 anthologies and almanacs, both Ukrainian and international publications, including "Article" — Tel Aviv, "Soul" (Japanese poetry collection), "BRZEGI OGNIA I WODY" (Polish almanac), the literary-artistic magazine "TextOver", the international poetry collection "Lili Marleen" (Greek), the Chinese poetry collection "Poetry of the World", the English   against war "Poems for the People of Ukraine", and the co-author of the textbook for Ukrainian students in grades 5-7 "Modern Literature of the Homeland". She is also the author of the Azerbaijani-Ukrainian poetry collection "Golden Apple", among others.

Her works have been translated into Polish, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Turkish, Greek, English, Azerbaijani, and other languages. She is the only participant from Ukraine in the anthology "Anatolian Wind IV — International Anthology" (640 pages, 55 poets and writers from 23 countries, in 13 different languages, published in Turkey). She is also the only participant in the project of the International Journal "Prodigy" (USA) for October 2023 in the cycle "Awakening", with one poem created as a unison voice, as a collective message from 161 poets worldwide. She is a record holder and participant of the international anthology "HYPERPOEM" with 2000 participants, which entered the records of the Guinness Book, and a co-author of World Literature in the International Newspaper "Global Nation" (Bangladesh).

Her works are published in international publications, and she participates in various international platforms "Poets of the World for Peace in Ukraine" in Italy, Germany, the UK, China, Canada, the US, Bangladesh, and Germany.

She is the laureate of international and All-Ukrainian awards and the winner of many contests, including the laureate of the International Literature and Art Prize named after Panteleimon Kulish (2020) for the book of prose "Living Doors, or I Am a Blind Apple of Centuries. I Am a Woman", the laureate of the international Franz Kafka Prize (Frankfurt-Vienna-Prague), the laureate of the international "Golden Feather" prize in Azerbaijan, awarded the Diploma from the Community of Literature and Art Figures "Gloria", and listed in the Rating-2022 "Creator and Guardian". She is also the laureate of the honorary International Literature and Art Prize named after Heinrich Böll (2022), the laureate of the International Ernest Hemingway Literature and Art Competition in Germany for 2022, the laureate of the international "Cultural Diplomacy" prize, presented with the World Order "Golden Star of Cultural Diplomacy" (2023), the laureate of the International Literature Prize named after Robert Burns (Scotland-USA, Los Angeles) for 2023, the laureate of the Literature and Art Prize named after Vasyl Yuhymovych (2023), and honored with the title of "International Peace Ambassador" by the world-renowned newspaper The Daily Global Nation Independent, Dhaka, Bangladesh, and others.