Yana Stanislavovna Ashmarina ( July 15, 1963 , Baku - February 20, 2015 , St. Petersburg ) - Russian artist, illustrator , graphic artist , translator , editor . Known by the collective pseudonym Jan Yua and solo J. Keltsky [1] [2] .
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| Date of Birth | July 15, 1963 |
| Place of Birth | Baku , Azerbaijan SSR , USSR |
| Date of death | February 20, 2015 (51 years old) |
| Place of death | Saint Petersburg , Russia |
| Citizenship |  USSR → Russia |
| Genre | illustrator, graphic artist, translator |
| Awards | The Wanderer Award Interpresscon Prize |
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Biography
Born in Baku , the daughter of the famous cartoonist Stanislav Ashmarin . She graduated from the Sverdlovsk art school [3] . The first publication - illustrations for the story of Victor Zhilin “Day of Accomplishment” in the journal “ Ural Pathfinder ” (1987).
She illustrated the books of the Strugatsky brothers , Andrei Lazarchuk , Andrei Stolyarov , Russian editions of Ursula Le Guin , Roger Zhelyazny , Robert Jordan , J.R. R. Tolkien and other authors. She translated works by Roger Zhelyazny and Ursula Le Guin, took part in the projects “Men in Black”, “The X-Files”, “Star Wars” [4] (film novelization).
She worked as an artist in the staff of the publishing house "Terra Fantastica" [5] Nikolay Yutanov . Collaborated with publishers AST , Eksmo .
Participant in the seminar of Boris Strugatsky . Collaborated with the magazine “ Noon. XXI century . " Lived and worked in St. Petersburg [3] .
Died February 20, 2015 from cancer.
| Ashmarina captivates with sincerity, emotionality, love for the portrayed characters - whether they are people, hobbits, elves or gnomes, and sometimes even touching simple-heartedness. The works of Yana deserve many praises. Ashmarina uses a variety of techniques and possibilities of book graphics - draws initial letters, creates a beautiful ornament, places illustrations (plot, landscape or portrait) in the margins, on the whole page, on the spread, makes it possible to examine in detail almost all of the main characters whose facial expressions are required say something about their inner world.Alexey Kopeikin [6] |
Awards and Prizes
Laureate of the “Wanderer” prize in the nomination “Artist, Illustrator”:
- 1995 for illustrations to the collected works of Robert Heinlein ,
- 1997 for illustrations to the decalogy of Roger Zhelyazny " Amber Chronicles ",
- 1999 for illustrations to the books of Robert Jordan from the cycle “ Wheel of Time ” [7] .
Winner of the Interpresscon prize (1997, 2004) in the nomination “artist, illustrator” for illustrations to books: “Royal Blood” by Dalia Truskinovskaya , “The Witcher ” by Andrzej Sapkowski , “Crowned Craig” by Olga Larionova , “The Way of Deception” by Nikolai Yutanova [8 ] .
Notes
- ↑ Yang Yua - a joint pseudonym for Yana Ashmarina and Nikolai Yutanov .
- ↑ Yang Yua page on fantlab.ru
- ↑ 1 2 Yana Ashmarina on the website of the Terra Fantastica Publishing House
- ↑ Behind the scenes of the Russian book localization of Star Wars
- ↑ Who is who in the publishing house
- ↑ Review of the publication “The Complete History of Middle-earth” with illustrations by Yana Ashmarina (inaccessible link) on the Bibliogid website, March 20, 2003
- ↑ Wanderer - Biography
- ↑ Interprescon. Prize winners
Links
- Interview with Ashmarina F-hobby. 2002
- Books illustrated by Yana Ashmarina ozon.ru
- Mention of a joint exhibition by Ashmarina and Luis Royo Rosbalt, 09.24.2002
- Sergey Berezhnoy, Yan Shapiro. Review of the novel by Roger Zhelyazny “Nine Princes in Amber” translated by Jan Hua 1994
- Some of Ashmarina's works on the Terra Fantastica website