Natalena Koroleva, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Natalena Koroleva

Ukrainian writer

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1888

Place of Birth: Castrillo del Val, Castile and León, Spain

Date of Death: 01-Jul-1966

Profession: writer, painter, opera singer, archaeologist

Nationality: Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Natalena Koroleva

  • Carmen-Alfonsa-Fernanda-Estrella-Natalena Koroleva (March 3, 1888 – July 1, 1966) was a Ukrainian writer. The daughter of Count Adrian Yurii Dunin-Borkovsky, of Polish descent, and Maria Clara de Castro Lacerda, from an aristocratic Spanish family, she was born Carmen-Alfonsa-Fernanda-Estrella-Natalena Dunin-Borkowska in San Pedro-de-Cordena near Burgos, Spain.
  • Her mother died while giving birth to her.
  • Koroleva grew up in Spain, the Ukraine, France and Italy.
  • She was educated at the Convent of Notre Dame du Sion in France, the Kiev Institute for Noble Maidens and the Archeological Institute in Saint Petersburg.
  • She studied history, archaeology, philosophy, medicine and music theory and was fluent in a number of languages including French, Polish, Spanish, Arabic and Italian.
  • Koroleva participated in archaeological expeditions to Pompeii, Alexandria, Armenia and Iran.Her first work, written in French, was published in journals in Paris in 1909.
  • She returned to Kiev in 1914 because her father was ill.
  • She served as a Red Cross nurse during World War I and was seriously wounded.
  • In 1919, she moved to Czechoslovakia, where she worked as a translator for the Ukrainian diplomatic mission in Prague..
  • In 1921, she published her first Ukrainian work, a short story, in the Ukrainian-language weekly Volia in Vienna.
  • Her stories were published in various Ukrainian-language publications, especially Dzvony.
  • She also translated works by other authors into Ukrainian.Her first husband Iskander ibn Kurush was an Iranian serving in the Russian army who died in battle in 1915.
  • Later, in Prague, she married Vasyl Koroliv-Stary, a Ukrainian writer and publisher; he died in 1941.During her lifetime, she was criticized because her plots and characters were often abstract and did not reflect Ukrainian reality.
  • Now, she is recognized for her unique contributions to Ukrainian literature.She died in Melník at the age of 78.

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