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Lisa Weeda

Lisa Weeda (b. 1989) is a Dutch-Ukrainian writer, literary programmer, screenwriter and virtual-reality director.

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Photo: Gaby Jongeneelen
Represented by
De Bezige Bij
Based in
The Netherlands
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Text is always central in her work, but she moves between a range of different forms. In the autumn of 2021, Lisa Weeda made her literary debut with Aleksandra, about her Ukrainian grandmother and her fraught family history. Three months later, Russian tanks crossed the Ukrainian border and the conflict escalated. To better understand this torn country, stuck between East and West, many people reached for Weeda’s work. Aleksandra was nominated for two literary prizes and came out in seven languages.

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Dance Dance Revolution

In four magical realist storylines about the war between the fictional countries of Besulia and Tenebria, Lisa Weeda draws parallels with the Russo-Ukrainian war, which has been dragging on for almost a decade. Cynicism and indifference to what’s happening in war zones – that sums up the attitude of many people in the West. The characters in 'Dance Dance Revolution' don’t have this luxury.

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