Natalena Koroleva

Carmen-Alfonsa-Fernanda-Estrella-Natalena Koroleva (3 March 1888 – 1 July 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 Cardeña near Burgos, Spain. Her mother died while giving birth to her. Koroleva grew up in Spain, Ukraine, France and Italy. She was educated at the Convent of Notre Dame de Sion in France, the Kyiv 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.

She died in Mělník at the age of 78.

Selected work Source: Vo dni ony ("Once upon a Time"), stories (1935) 1913, novella (1935) Inakshyi svit ("A Different World"), stories (1936) Bez korinnia ("Without Roots"), autobiographical novella (1936) Son tini ("A Dream of a Shadow"), historical novel (1938) Legendy starokyïvs’ki ("Ancient Kyivan Legends"(, stories, 2 solumves (1942–3) Predok ("An Ancestor"), historical novella (1961) Quid est veritas, historical novella (1961) Bez korinnia, collected works (2007) Tvory ("Works"), collected works (2010)