Artem Chapeye
Artem Chapeye | |
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Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Kolomyia Gymnasium | |
Occupation(s) | writer, author, photographer |
Known for | The Ukraine |
Website | https://instagram.com/artem.chapeye/ |
Artem Chapeye (Ukrainian: Артем Чапай), the literary pseudonym of Anton Vasilyovich Vodyanyi (Ukrainian: Антон Васильович Водяний, born 2 December 1981), is a Ukrainian writer, reporter, translator, and activist. He writes creative nonfiction as well as literary fiction. Artem is a four-time finalist of the BBC Ukraine Book of the Year Award.
Biography
Artem was born and raised in
Career
He graduated from the Kolomyia
He had a career breakthrough when his second book Traveling with Mamayota: In Search of Ukraine (2011) was shortlisted for the BBC Ukraine Book of the Year Award.[8] Artem was also recognised for his near-future dystopia The Red Zone (2014),[9] There Goes the Neighborhood (2015)[10] and The Ukraine (2018)[11] which were also shortlisted for the BBC Ukraine Book of the Year Award.[8][1]
He also worked as a reporter covering the
His work has been translated into seven languages and has appeared in the Best European Fiction anthology. His collection of 26 essays and stories The Ukraine (the title is in English, not Ukrainian) was one of the finalists for the 2018 BBC Nonfiction Book of the Year Award.[7]
He has also translated non-fiction from English, including Humanism and Democratic Criticism by the Palestinian American intellectual Edward Said, Satyagraha in South Africa by the Indian anti-colonial leader Mahatma Gandhi, and The Responsibility of Intellectuals by the American linguist Noam Chomsky.[3]
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, he volunteered for the army.[12][13]
References
- ^ a b ""Hitchhiking and life on the road got me into writing": An Interview with Artem Chapeye". APOFENIE. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ "Артем Чапай, активіст руху "Збережи старий Київ", розповідає "УМ" про громадянську течію, до якої він належить, та трохи про себе самого". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
- ^ a b "A Ukrainian translator of Noam Chomsky responds to his recent comments on the Russian invasion". Literary Hub. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ "How Ukrainian Writers Are Contributing to the War Effort". Literary Hub. 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ "Artem Chapeye on Defending Ukraine". The New Yorker. 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ a b "Chapeye Artem". PEN Ukraine. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ a b "ARTEM CHAPEYE Editions". TAULT. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ Outlook India. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ "ВВС Україна оголосила короткі списки премії "Книга року ВВС – 2014"". BBC News Україна (in Ukrainian). 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ "ВВС Україна оголосила "Короткі списки" премій Книга року ВВС-2015 та Дитяча Книга року ВВС-2015". BBC News Україна (in Ukrainian). 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ "ВВС News Україна оголосила фіналістів Книги року ВВС-2018". BBC News Україна (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ Читомо (2022-06-22). "Солдат Артем Чапай: «Якби я не пішов у перший день, пішов би через тиждень»". chytomo.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "Артем Чапай: "ЗСУ захистить" – кажуть пацани з "качалки" – моє найкоротше оповідання про цю війну". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-02-07.