Freedom is having the right distance.
Maria Nikolska
She was born on January 31, 1976 in Kyiv, where she still lives and works as a business consultant and translator.
She graduated with honors from the Faculty of Economics at Kyiv University.aras Shevchenko She also learned German, Greek and English at the same time.
Since childhood, Mary Nikolska dreamed of becoming an author and learning many languages. Today she translates and writes poetry and prose.
In 2019, the Munich-based Apollon Tempel Verlag published 'Auf des Windes Schwingen' and the E. Weber Verlag from Austria published 'Durch Jahr und Tag' in 2022 and 'DONA NOBIS PACEM' in 2023.
Her first German novel, 'The Two Shores of the Sea', will be published in August 2026.
The two shores of the sea
Maria Nikolska
Can you love after a contract? What are feelings even worth? And how much must we pay for the mistakes of our past?
Which is easier to live with – sincere human relationships or playing with fire and keeping someone on a short leash?
Leni, a middle-aged Ukrainian woman, answers all these questions.
who is not traveling to Greece for the first time.
Their journey is now extremely dangerous – a fire in the village of Mati (2018) claimed many lives and is still raging. The fate of many residents of this village remains unknown, as does the fate of the volunteers who are helping there.
Leni goes to incredible lengths to find one of them, the Greek Kostas. Until the very last moment of her journey, Leni doesn't know whether Kostas is still alive or not.
The peculiarities of life in Ukraine and Greece, relationships, marriage contracts, love, life and death – that is what this story is about.
Read the travel novel "The Two Shores of the Sea", and you will see the beauty of nature, you will get to know some Greek dishes and songs, you will learn something new about love, about friendship and a little bit more!