Sofia Andrukhovych

Sofia Yuriyivna Andrukhovych (Ukrainian: Софія Юріївна Андрухович, born 17 November 1982) is a Ukrainian writer and translator. The wife of Andriy Bondar, Ukrainian writer.

Sofia Andrukhovych
Sofia Andrukhovych in Wrocław, 2015.
Sofia Andrukhovych in Wrocław, 2015.
Born (1982-11-17) 17 November 1982
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Occupationwriter, translator

Life and career
Andrukhovych signing her books in Warsaw in 2007

Sofia Andrukhovych was born in Ivano-Frankivsk, the daughter of Yurii Andrukhovych. She is married to a Ukrainian writer Andriy Bondar, with whom she has a daughter Varvara, born 10 March 2008.

Andrukhovych is a co-editor of Chetver periodical. In 2004 she received a residence grant from Villa Decius Association in Kraków where she used to live.[1] She now resides in Kyiv.

In December 2014, her novel Felix Austria won BBC Ukrainian's Book of the Year 2014 award.[2] An additional publication inspired by the novel's contents, was a recipe book compiled with Marianna Dushar.[3] A Ukrainian-Polish feature film Viddana by director Chrystyna Syvolap was released in 2020.[4]

In March 2021, she received the Women in Arts Award in literature.[5]

Publications

Prose
  • Літо Мілени (Kyiv, 2002).
  • Старі люди (Ivano-Frankivsk, 2003).
  • Жінки їхніх чоловіків (Ivano-Frankivsk, 2005).
  • Сьомга (Kyiv, 2007).
  • Фелікс Австрія (Lviv, 2014).
    • English translation Felix Austria forthcoming March 2024.
  • Амадока (Lviv, 2020).

Translations
  • Manuela Gretkowska. Європейка. Translation from Polish.
  • J. K. Rowling. Гаррі Поттер і келих вогню. Translation from English (together with Viktor Morozov].

References
  1. "Forum for Dialogue between Cultures". Villa Decius Association.
  2. "BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year 2014 and Book of the Decade winners named". The Financial. 13 December 2014.
  3. Dushar, Marianna (2019). Галицькі смаколики: кулінарний записник (in Ukrainian). Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo Staroho Leva. ISBN 978-617-679-563-6.
  4. "Ukraińska "Viddana" z europejskimi ambicjami". PolskieRadio.pl. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  5. "Winners of Women in Arts Award 2021 announced". Ukrinform. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
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