Sofia Andrukhovych

Sofia Andrukhovych
Andrukhovych in Wrocław, 2015
Born (1982-11-17) 17 November 1982
Occupations
SpouseAndriy Bondar
RelativesYurii Andrukhovych (father)

Sofia Yuriyivna Andrukhovych (Ukrainian: Софія Юріївна Андрухович, born 17 November 1982) is a Ukrainian writer and translator. She is the wife of Andriy Bondar, Ukrainian writer.

She's the author of multi award winning book Amadoka.[1]

Life and career

Andrukhovych at the Buch Wien 2024

Sofia Andrukhovych was born in Ivano-Frankivsk, the daughter of Yurii Andrukhovych. She is married to a Ukrainian writer Andriy Bondar, with whom she has a daughter Varvara, born 10 March 2008.

Andrukhovych is a co-editor of Chetver periodical. In 2004 she received a residence grant from Villa Decius Association in Kraków where she used to live.[2] She now resides in Kyiv.

In December 2014, her novel Felix Austria won BBC Ukrainian's Book of the Year 2014 award.[3] An additional publication inspired by the novel's contents, was a recipe book compiled with Marianna Dushar.[4] A Ukrainian-Polish feature film Viddana by director Chrystyna Syvolap was released in 2020.[5]

In March 2021, she received the Women in Arts Award in literature.[6]

Publications

Prose

  • Літо Мілени (Kyiv, 2002).
  • Старі люди (Ivano-Frankivsk, 2003).
  • Жінки їхніх чоловіків (Ivano-Frankivsk, 2005).
  • Сьомга (Kyiv, 2007).
  • Фелікс Австрія (Lviv, 2014).
  • Амадока (Lviv, 2020).
  • Катананхе (Kyiv, 2024).

Translations

  • Manuela Gretkowska. Європейка. Translation from Polish.
  • J. K. Rowling. Гаррі Поттер і келих вогню. Translation from English (together with Viktor Morozov].

See also

References

  1. ↑ "'The temptation is to forget this terrible war but we must not' — Ukrainian author Sofia Andrukhovych". Irish Independent. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "Forum for Dialogue between Cultures". Villa Decius Association.
  3. ↑ "BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year 2014 and Book of the Decade winners named". The Financial. 13 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Dushar, Marianna (2019). Галицькі смаколики: кулінарний записник (in Ukrainian). Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo Staroho Leva. ISBN 978-617-679-563-6.
  5. ↑ "Ukraińska "Viddana" z europejskimi ambicjami". PolskieRadio.pl. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Winners of Women in Arts Award 2021 announced". Ukrinform. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.