SOPHIA ANDRUKHOVYCH

SOPHIA ANDRUKHOVYCH was born in 1982 in Ivano-Frankivsk, formerly known as Stanislav. One of the cultural centers of western Ukraine, the city is known for what has been termed the “Stanislav phenomenon” because of the curious fact that this rather small town is home to an unusually large concentration of postmodern writers. Andrukhovych has to date authored five books of prose: Lito Mileny (Milena’s Summer, 2002), Stari liudy (Old People, 2003), Zhinky ïkhnikh cholovikiv (Wives of Their Husbands, 2005), Somha (Salmon, 2007) and Feliks Avstriia (Felix Austria, 2014). The latter was awarded the BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year prize in 2015. Her works have been translated into English, Polish, German, Czech, and Serbian. Also a translator, Andrukhovych has translated into Ukrainian Manuela Gretkowska’s novel The European Woman, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (co-translated with Victor Morozov), A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, Flat Earth News by Nick Davies, Poisoned Peace by Gregor Dallas, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, and Talking to Terrorists by Peter Taylor (co-translated with Halya Karpa). She served as coeditor of the literary journal Chetver (Thursday) from 2003-2005, and is currently a columnist for the online journal Zbruc.eu.

Sophia Andrukhovych’s events in the Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Series, entitled So Who Is Felix?, took place in December 2015.