The organizers of the Witnessing the War on Ukraine Summer Institute “Testimonies as Cultural Heritage for Future Memory Landscapes” are pleased to present a special guest – renowned Ukrainian writer, translator, essayist, active public figure, and volunteer Andriy Lyubka.
The event “An Evening with Andriy Lyubka”, which will take place on July 29, 2025, at 7:00 PM in Uzhhorod, is open to the public. The venue will be announced separately.
To attend the event, please register in advance.
ANDRIY LYUBKA is a prize-winning Ukrainian writer, translator, and essayist. He serves as Director of the Institute for Central European Strategy (ICES) and is Vice President of PEN Ukraine. He is also a member of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize Committee of Ukraine. He studied Ukrainian Philology at Uzhhorod National University and received a second Master’s degree in Balkan Studies from the University of Warsaw in 2014. Andriy Lyubka is the author of several poetry collections, including Вісім місяців шизофренії (2007), ТЕРОРИЗМ (2008), and Сорок баксів плюс чайові. His prose works include КІЛЕР. Збірка історій (2012) and the collection of essays and columns Спати з жінками (2014). He is also the author of the novel Карбід (2015), which was a finalist for the BBC Book of the Year Award; the short story collection Кімната для печалі (2016); the collection of stories Саудаде (2017); the novel Твій погляд, Чіо-Чіо-сан (2018), book У пошуках варварів: подорож до країв, де починаються й не закінчуються Балкани (2019), which was also a BBC Book of the Year finalist. Other recent works include the novel малий український роман (2020), the collection of short prose and essays Щось зі мною не так (2022), the non-fiction collection Війна з тильного боку (2024), and the children’s book Казкето-дуркето (co-authored with Uliana Lyubka, 2024). In 2023, he was named one of the “100 Leaders of Ukraine” by Ukrainska Pravda and received the Aspen Institute Kyiv Award for Value-Based Leadership.