Andrey Kurkov
Andrey Kurkov | |
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Leningrad, USSR | |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Education | Kyiv Foreign Languages Institute |
Occupation | Writer |
Andrey Yuryevich Kurkov (
Life and works
Kurkov's father was a test pilot and his mother was a doctor. When he was just 2 his family relocated to
Having graduated in 1983 from the Kyiv Foreign Languages Institute, and as a trained Japanese translator Kurkov was assigned military service assisting the
His first novel was published two weeks before the
Like many successful writers, Kurkov had difficulty getting his first publishing contract. He reportedly received 500 rejections before being accepted, in which time he had written almost eight complete novels.
Later in his career he won acclaim as one of the most successful Ukrainian authors in the
In 2018 he was elected as the President of PEN Ukraine.[8]
Kurkov's novel
In 2024, Kurkov released The Silver Bone, the first in a new series of novels titled "The Kyiv Mysteries". The second book The Heart Is Not Meat will be published in 2025. He is in the process of writing the third book The Public Sauna Case.[13]
Kurkov lives in
Bibliography
- Novels translated to English
Book name | ISBN[16] | Publication year |
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Death and the Penguin | ISBN 978-1-86046-945-9
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2001 |
Penguin Lost | ISBN 9780099461692
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2005 |
A Matter of Death and Life | ISBN 9780099461586
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2005 |
The Penguin Novels | ISBN 978-0099507062
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2006 |
The Case of the General's Thumb | ISBN 9780099455257
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2009 |
The World of Mr Big Forehead | ||
The President's Last Love | ISBN 9780099485049
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2009 |
The Good Angel of Death | ISBN 9780099513490
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2010 |
The Milkman in the Night | ISBN 9781846553981
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2011 |
The Gardener from Ochakov | ISBN 9781846556159
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2013 |
The Bickford Fuse | ISBN 9780857055583
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2016 |
Grey Bees | ISBN 9780857059345
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2020 |
Diary from an Invasion | ISBN 9781914495847
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2022 |
Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv | ISBN 9781529427820
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2023[17] |
The Silver Bone | ISBN 9781529426496
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2024[18] |
- For children
- The Adventures of Baby Vacuum Cleaner Gosha
- Why No One Pets The Hedgehog illustrator: Tania Goryushina, ISBN 978-966-10-2377-1, 2012.
Non-fiction:
- Ukraine Diaries: Dispatches from Kiev, ISBN 9781846559471, 2014
References
- ^ Vannek, Ludmila (7 April 2013). "Radio Liberty interview with Andrey Kurkov". Radiosvoboda.org. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ a b c Nicholas Wroe (30 July 2011). "A life in books: Andrey Kurkov". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ Leith, Sam (29 April 2016). "'The Bickford Fuse', by Andrey Kurkov". Financial Times. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Taplin, Phoebe (13 May 2016). "The Bickford Fuse by Andrey Kurkov review – a Soviet Pilgrim's Progress". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Dickinson, Charlie (May 2017). "The Bickford Fuse by Andrey Kurkov". hackwriters.com | The International Writers Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ Sansom, Ian (14 May 2016). "Andrey Kurkov's The Bickford Fuse is a satirical masterpiece". The Spectator. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Andrii Kurkov – PEN Ukraine's New President". Pen.org.ua. 17 December 2018. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- TLS. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Grey Bees". Hachette.
- ^ Lépine, Elise (8 November 2022). "Prix Médicis étranger – Andreï Kourkov récompensé pour Les Abeilles grises". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Announcing the 2022 NBCC Award Winners".
- ^ "The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov – droll detective work in revolutionary Kyiv". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Letter from Ukraine". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ Brown, Jeffrey (11 April 2022). "Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov on preserving his country's culture during war". PBS.org/newshour. PBS. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "About us". Penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ https://www.maclehosepress.com/titles/andrey-kurkov/jimi-hendrix-live-in-lviv/9781529427820/
- ^ https://www.maclehosepress.com/titles/andrey-kurkov/the-silver-bone/9781529426496/