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The Guardian
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Orwell prize for political writing awarded to novelist killed in Ukraine war

theguardian.comOrwell prize for political writing awarded to novelist killed in Ukraine warVictoria Amelina wins with her unfinished book Looking at Women Looking at War while Donal Ryan takes the award for political fiction with an intimate portrait of an Irish town A novelist killed in the Ukraine war has won the Orwell prize for political writing. Victoria Amelina, who died in July 2023 from injuries sustained in a Russian bombing of a restaurant in Kramatorsk, won the prize with her unfinished book Looking at Women Looking at War. Continue reading...

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Tully
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Just heartbreaking. A young life lost because a handful of people decided to start a war. That's what it boils down to, a handful of people. Does the average Russian person give a damn about invading Ukraine? Probably not. Do they want to sacrifice their own, I'd say absolutely not.