Yuri Andrukhovych - Literary Work

Literary Work

To date, Andrukhovych has published five novels, four poetry collections, a cycle of short stories, and two volumes of essays, as well as literary translations from English, German, Polish, and Russian. His essays regularly appear in Zerkalo nedeli (Mirror Weekly), an influential trilingual newspaper (published fully in Russian and Ukrainian with excerpts also published in an online English edition). Some of his writings (for example, The Moscoviad and Perverzion) are carried out in a distinct postmodern style. A list of some of his major works includes:

• The Sky and Squares (Небо і площі, 1985), a book of poems
• On the Left, Where the Heart Is (Зліва, де серце, 1989), a cycle of short stories
• Downtown (Середмістя, 1989), a book of poems
• Exotic Birds and Plants (Екзотичні птахи і рослини, 1991), a book of poems
• Recreations (Рекреації, 1992), a novel
• The Moscoviad, (Московіада, 1993), a novel
• Perverzion (Перверзія, 1996), a novel
• Disorientation on Location (Дезорієнтація на місцевості, 1999), a book of essays
• My Europe (Моя Європа, 2001), a book of essays co-authored with the Polish writer Andrzej Stasiuk
• Twelve Rings (Дванадцять обручів, 2003), a novel
• Songs for the Dead Rooster (Пісні для мертвого півня, 2004), a book of poems
• The Day Lady Died (День смерті Пані День, 2006), an anthology of Ukrainian translations of American poetry from the 1950s and 1960s
• The Devil's Hiding in the Cheese (Диявол ховається в сирі, 2006), a book of essays
• The Secret. Instead of a Novel (Таємниця. Замість роману, 2007), a novel (made up of interviews)

For his literary writings and activity as a public intellectual, Andrukhovych has been awarded numerous national and international prizes, including the Herder Prize (2001), the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize (2005), the Leipzig Book Fair Prize for European Understanding (2006), and the Angelus Prize (also 2006). He is a member of the editorial board of Ukrainian periodicals Krytyka and Potyah 76.