Writer, journalist, translator
Ukrainian writer Olga Kari is the author of 6 books and numerous publications exploring a wide range of women's and feminist topics. She has been published in Ukraine, Latvia, the Czech Republic, and Poland.
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Life Among Life
The book "Life Among Life" (Yakaboo Publishing, 2022) is a vivid female testimony on first months of a full-scale war that Russia started against Ukraine, based on the private diary of the author which she was writing during the siege of Kyiv. This is a book about small and big everyday challenges, about fears and anxieties, about friends, neighbors and "your people", about countless "How are you?" and unbearable "No signal" on the phon in attempts to reach parents in sieged and constantly shelled city of Chernihiv.
Squash Compote
The book was shortlisted for the BBC Book of the Year 2021.
"Squash Compote" (Komora publishing house, 2020) is a series of reportage sketches and essays describing how a whole generation of Ukrainians grew up on the background of the breaking of eras and political systems. This book is about what it was like to live in the 90s, when "pineapple" squash compote and "mushrooms" from eggplants were born, when everyone was gripped by a total knitting mania, people grew in the habit of stocking absolutely everything, and the first pads have just begun to change the lives of Ukrainian women.
"Squash Compote" (Komora publishing house, 2020) is a series of reportage sketches and essays describing how a whole generation of Ukrainians grew up on the background of the breaking of eras and political systems. This book is about what it was like to live in the 90s, when "pineapple" squash compote and "mushrooms" from eggplants were born, when everyone was gripped by a total knitting mania, people grew in the habit of stocking absolutely everything, and the first pads have just begun to change the lives of Ukrainian women.
Uncle Zaven’s Fish
The book was included in the long list of the "LitAccent of the Year" award and the short list of the BBC Book of the Year 2020.
The first book of reports "Uncle Zaven's Fish" (Tempora Publishing House, 2019) is about non-tourist Armenia. This is a collection of very different stories — good and bright, dark and painful, funny and sad — that the author, born in Armenian family, heard and experienced during her many trips to this country. Through rich feasts, boundless hospitality and the beauty of nature, tragic events of the past and present come through - stories that have a happy ending and those that don't.
The first book of reports "Uncle Zaven's Fish" (Tempora Publishing House, 2019) is about non-tourist Armenia. This is a collection of very different stories — good and bright, dark and painful, funny and sad — that the author, born in Armenian family, heard and experienced during her many trips to this country. Through rich feasts, boundless hospitality and the beauty of nature, tragic events of the past and present come through - stories that have a happy ending and those that don't.