An Evening with Andrey Kurkov
Dates
Oct 30
Times
19:00
Location
St Antony's College
Summary
RESC is delighted to announce the visit of the celebrated Ukrainian writer, Andrey Kurkov, to Oxford this Sunday evening. The event will be comprised of a discussion with the author followed by a Q&A session with the audience. The event is free and all are welcome. The event will be in English.
Andrey Kurkov
Andrey Kurkov is one of Ukraine’s most celebrated and acclaimed writers. The author of novels including Death and the Penguin (1996) and Grey Bees (2018), Andrey has recently written two important works of non-fiction about current events in Ukraine: Ukraine Diaries: Dispatches from Kiev (2014) and Diary of an Invasion (2022). He has authored 19 novels and his works have been translated into over 30 languages. Andrey is the current President of PEN Ukraine.
Further details
Discussant: Pany Xenophontos, Lecturer in Russian, University of Oxford (Jesus College)
Chair: Oliver Ready, Lecturer in Russian, University of Oxford (St Edmund Hall)
The event will be hosted in the Nissan Lecture Theatre at St Antony's College.
The organisers would like to thank St Antony’s College and Wadham College for their very kind support of this event.
For further details, please contact: sann5773@nexus.ox.ac.uk
