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Europe’s show of unity at the White House is a plus for Ukraine, but peace is still a distant dream

As Russian drones and missiles continue to rain down death, the prospect of a Putin-Zelenskyy meeting seems unlikely, says author Andrey Kurkov

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2025

Celebrities and authors reveal 7 books they're reading this summer

What do the people who write books for a living like to read on their holidays? Here's what they told us

Woman & Home · Jul 13, 2025

A humiliation at the White House and what does it tell us? Trump would make a colony of my country

A cold reality hit us in Washington. Zelenskyy was being forced to buy hope of survival by people who have no care for our freedom, says Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2025

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Andrey Kurkov: ‘At 17, I got my hands on an illegal copy of The Gulag Archipelago’

The Ukrainian author on the joys of Jack London, cracking Hermann Hesse, and the soldier’s tale he can no longer reread

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2025

Does Putin know why Ukraine fights on? Because we prize freedom above stability and wealth

This long and awful war has taught Ukrainians to love and value their country – and its beauty – even more, says Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2025

Even among artists in exile, the myth of Russian cultural supremacy lives on

Many liberal Russians shelter in states once part of the Soviet Union. It’s time that they learned to respect the cultures and languages their nation has so long suppressed

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024

Trump's unpredictability makes us nervous, says Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov

In this episode we take a look at life, war and politics in Ukraine, through the eyes of its most celebrated writer. Andrey Kurkov rose to international fame with "Death and the Penguin" more than 20 years ago, but he has many other novels to his name, including "The Silver…

France 24 · Oct 11, 2024

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On Ukraine’s third independence day at war, what does the future hold for its people? Our panel’s verdict

The Kursk offensive and Putin’s hubris give the country hope. But Ukrainians are under no illusion that peace will come soon, say Nataliya Gumenyuk and others

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2024

The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov – droll detective work in revolutionary Kyiv

The first in a series of crime mysteries by Ukraine’s most famous writer has a rattling plot and a torrent of enjoyable absurdities

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024

Latin American fiction ‘booms’ again on International Booker prize longlist

Works from the continent make up a quarter of this year’s nominees, which include novels from Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil and Peru

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2024

The Maidan martyrs: a decade on from Kyiv’s bloody revolution

In February 2014, 103 protesters were killed by pro-Putin government forces around the city’s independence square

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024

Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov: ‘I felt guilty writing fiction in a time of war’

When Putin attacked, the novelist switched his focus to journalism. Two years on, he talks about his new crime series, life in Kyiv, and fiction as an escape from reality

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2024

‘Hearing Russian brings me pain’: how war has changed Ukrainian literature

Many writers and publishers have ditched Russian language in favour of Ukrainian in response to invasion

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023

Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv by Andrey Kurkov review – bittersweet relic of a sunnier age

Longlisted for the 2023 International Booker prize, the newly translated novel by Ukraine’s leading author is, in today’s context, poignantly playful and ebullient

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2023

Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv by Andrey Kurkov review – ode to a lost city

First published in 2012 and now translated into English, a whimsical love letter to Ukraine’s cultural capital from the author of Death and the Penguin

Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2023

International Booker prize announces 2023 long list that celebrates ‘ambition’

The long list for the 2023 prize worth £50,000 has been announced

The Times of India · Mar 14, 2023

Indian author Perumal Murugan makes it to International Booker Prize 2023 Longlist

The International Booker Prize is given to the best work of fiction translated into English, which is published in the UK or Ireland in the last year, every year. A longlist of 13 books was announced for International Booker Prize 2023 today. And, interestingly, Indian author Perumal Murugan's book 'Pyre'…

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2023

International Booker prize announces longlist to celebrate ‘ambition and panache’

The list includes books from Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov as well as Indian novelist Perumal Murugan who declared himself ‘dead’ after protests against his work

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The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2023

We’re recycling Putin’s missiles as art to fund the war effort. Defiant Ukrainians have learned to be creative

Shell casings painted and auctioned, Russian books pulped to raise money, institutions renamed: the resistance has many guises, says the novelist Andrey Kurkov

The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2023

The hope for ordinary Ukrainians in 2023 is the victorious return of their country – and of the light

The war is a battle with Putin’s Russia, and a life plagued by darkness, says Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2022

As missiles rain down, welcome to blitz chess. In Ukraine, sport is part of our resistance

Every festive event, every competition, is an act of defiance for our country’s future, says the Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022

Invasion by Luke Harding review – raw history from the Ukrainian frontline

The Guardian foreign correspondent’s account of the Ukraine war is elegantly written, deeply researched and essential reading

The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2022

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

The aftermath of a missile strike in Poland; celebration in Kherson; Ukraine dominates the G20

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2022

The night everything changed: waiting for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The long read: Despite all the warning signs, as I sat down for dinner with friends in Kyiv on 23 February, war seemed unreal. Surely, Putin was bluffing?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022

Diary of an Invasion by Andrey Kurkov review – Ukrainian life turned upside down

The author’s on-the-ground account is packed with surprising details about the human effects of the Russian assault

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