Eugenia Chuprina

Chuprina is the author of poem collections, Твори (Works) (1997, 2000) and Вид знизу (Bottom view) (2002); prose Роман з Пельменем (Romance with Pelmen) (2000, 2002) and mashup novel, Орхидеи ещё не зацвели (Orchids have not yet bloomed) (2010).

• Name — Eugenia Volodymyrivna Chuprina Євгенія Володимирівна Чуприна • Pen Name — Пані Друїдеса (Mrs. Druids) • Born — July 24, 1971 • Birthplace — Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine) • Education — Kyiv State University • Notable Works — Роман з Пельменем (Romance with Pelmen) • Awards — Vladimir Korolenko Prize

• Illustration — 2009 Eugenia Volodymyrivna Chuprina was born July 24, 1971, in Kyiv. Chuprina studied at the Faculty of Philology of Kyiv State University. She is the author of collections of poems Твори (Works) (1997, 2000) and Вид знизу (Bottom view) (2002), У хаті, де не працює санвузол (In the house where the bathroom does not work) (2016), У шубі на стиглому тілі (In a fur coat on a ripe body) (2017), and Великі форми (Large forms) (2019). Her prose work, Роман з Пельменем (Romance with Pelmen) (2000, 2002), became the first Russian-language internet bestseller. Her works have been published in Coast, Philadelphia; Stalker, Los Angeles; magazines Нева, Saint Petersburg; Веселка, Kyiv; СТЫХ, Dnipropetrovsk; Радуга, Kyiv; Отражение, Donetsk; Фабула; Лава, Kharkiv; and elsewhere. The play Цвєтаєва + Пастернак (Tsvetaeva + Pasternak) was staged at the modern theater Сузір'я, Kyiv. Opposing copyright, she refused to include copyright for her novel, Орхидеи еще не зацвели (Orchids have not yet bloomed), which she posted for free on the website "Сетевая словесность" (Network Literature), but a fuller version of this novel, which the author calls "adult", is available. Chuprina has written columns in EGO, XXL, Жіночому журналі (Women's magazine), and the newspaper 24. She worked as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the men's magazine, XXL. She was a literary agent of the writer Oles Ulianenko until his death. She compiled the anthology, Мистецький Барбакан. Трикутник 92 (Artistic Barbican. Triangle 92).

• Роман з Пельменем(2000, 2002) • Орхидеи ещё не зацвели (2010)

Lives in Kyiv, husband is writer Alexey Nikitin.

• Твори (1997, 2000) • Вид знизу (2002) • У шубі на стиглому тілі (2017)

• У хаті, де не працює санвузол (2016)