Trafika Europe 7 - Ukrainian Prayer

Editor’s Welcome

3 Prose writer and translator Sofia Andrukhovych (Софія Андрухович, born in Ivano-Frankivsk, 1983) bears the blessing and curse of being the daughter of one of Ukraine’s most prominent writers Yuri Andrukhovych (see below). In her early career she wrote in a highly candid autobiographical and confessional style, particularly in her collections Wives of their Husbands (2005) and Salmon (2007). She has shifted focus in her latest novel Felix Austria to a more measured tone with great attention to historical and period detail. It is also worth noting that she (with Viktor Morozov) accomplished a highly inventive and extremely popular translation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire into Ukrainian. 4 Yuri Vynnychuk (Юрій Винничук, born in Ivano-Frankivsk, 1952) is one of Ukraine’s most prolific writers – a superb storyteller and satirist. He emerged from the Lviv underground with his first collection of short stories/ novellas The Flashing Beacon in 1990. Since then he has been somewhat of a chameleon, taking on multiple voices

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