Sophia Andrukhovych was born in 1982 in Ivano-Frankivsk, formerly known as Stanislav. The city one of the cultural centers of western Ukraine is known for what has been termed the "Stanislav phenomenon" the curious fact that this rather small town is home to an unusually large concentration of postmodern writers. She has authored five books of prose to date Milena's Summer (2002), Old People (2003), Wives of their Husbands (2005), Salmon (2007) and Felix Austria (2014). The latter was awarded the BBC Book of the Year prize in 2015. In that novel, Andrukhovych introduces the reader to the history of her hometown and uses the example of one rather bizarre family to explore the Ukrainian myth of "Austrian happiness." Her works have been translated into English, Polish, German, Czech, and Serbian. Also a translator, Andrukhovych has translated the novel The European Woman by Polish author Manuela Gretkovska as well as J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (co-translated with Viktor Morozov), A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, Flat Earth News by Nick Davies, Poisoned Peace by Gregor Dallas, and Talking to Terrorists by Peter Taylor (co-translated with Halya Karpa) into Ukrainian. She served as coeditor of the literary journal Chetver (Thursday) from 2003-2005. The event is part of the Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Series cosponsored by the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University and by the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

External Link »