Andrei Kurkov

Andrei Kurkov (b. 1961) is one of Ukraine’s most prolific and eclectic writers. He has covered several themes linked to Ukraine’s recent history – especially after the 2004 Orange revolution, as well as several thriller stories, some almost surrealistic, set in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union. His most famous novel is Death and the Penguin (Vintage Publishing, 2002). He wrote the essays Ukraine Diaries (Vintage Publishing, 2014) Diary of an Invasion (Deep Vellum, 2023) and Our daily war (Open Border Press, 2024).