birth_date: 1980-12-08 00:00:00
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name: Irena Karpa
about: Irena Karpa (Ірена Карпа) graduated from the Kyiv National Linguistic University, majoring in English and French. Since 1997 she has been the front woman of the Qarpa band, specializing in a fusion of industrial music, punk-rock, hardcore and psychedelic trip-hop. Her first novel Znes Palionogo was published in 2000. After a long trip to the Southern Asia, she published another novel Freud would weep which was nominated for a prestigious prize. Since 2005 Irena has been working as a host at several major Ukrainian TV-channels and acting as a model for Playboy and Penthouse. Irena Karpa was named the WRITER OF THE YEAR-2005. Freud would cry was the finalist of Book of the Year award of the BBC Ukraine. Irena Karpa (Ірена Карпа) graduated from the Kyiv National Linguistic University, majoring in English and French. Since 1997 she has been the front woman of the Qarpa band, specializing in a fusion of industrial music, punk-rock, hardcore and psychedelic trip-hop. Her first novel Znes Palionogo was published in 2000. After a long trip to the Southern Asia, she published another novel Freud would weep which was nominated for a prestigious prize. Since 2005 Irena has been working as a host at several major Ukrainian TV-channels and acting as a model for Playboy and Penthouse. Irena Karpa was named the WRITER OF THE YEAR-2005. Freud would cry was the finalist of Book of the Year award of the BBC Ukraine. ...more