Prix Médicis
1 appearances
Andrey Kurkov
アンドレイ・クルコフ
Andorei Kurukofu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1961-04-23 （Leningrad）
- Nationality
- Ukrainian
- Languages
- Russian, Ukrainian
- Residence History
- Leningrad → Kyiv
Career
- Occupations
- writer, screenwriter, children's book author
- Active Years
- 1983-
- Affiliations
- PEN Ukraine
- Memberships
- PEN Ukraine (President)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyiv Foreign Languages Institute | — | Japanese | — | 1979-1983 | Ukraine |
Kyiv Foreign Languages Institute
Japanese
Period:
1979-1983
Year of Graduation:
1983
Country:
Ukraine
trained as Japanese translator
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Prix Médicis étranger | Les abeilles grises | — | Société des Gens de Lettres | winner |
| 2023 | Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize | Grey Bees | — | National Book Critics Circle | winner |
Prix Médicis étranger
2022
Work:
Les abeilles grises
Organization:
Société des Gens de Lettres
Result:
winner
Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize
2023
Work:
Grey Bees
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Death and the Penguin
1996 black humour novelA satirical tale of a writer who keeps a penguin.
deathlonelinesspost-Soviet
Translations
- translated into Japanese
Bibliography
- Death and the Penguin
- Penguin Lost
- Grey Bees
- The Silver Bone
Translations of Works
- translated into 37 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- black humoursurrealism
- Recurring Motifs
- post-Soviet realityabsurdity
Legacy
One of Ukraine's most successful post-Soviet authors, with works published in 65 countries and translated into 37 languages.
Trivia
- Started writing at age 7 with a poem about his pet hamster's loneliness.
- Wrote all his children's stories during military service.
- Lives in Kyiv and continued writing during the 2022 Russian invasion.