FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - Caught on Camera

Andrey Kurkov: from novelist to Ukraine’s travelling spokesman

The Ukrainian novelist who has thrown himself into touring the world to make the case for his nation talks borscht and politics

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2022

Andrey Kurkov: dispatches from a country under siege

In Diary of an Invasion, the Ukrainian novelist has documented Russia’s attack on his homeland. In these extracts, he recounts the first weeks of the conflict

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2022

In Ukraine, this summer means blood and sirens – but fishing and the theatre go on

While locals donate blood for the injured and relatives of the missing provide DNA, glimmers of our normal life cling on, says Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2022

‘I’m not scared of war any more’: Death and the Penguin author Andrey Kurkov on life in Kyiv

On a brief visit to London, the Ukrainian novelist talks about why he has no intention of leaving his country – or ever again visiting Russia – his mixed feelings about Zelenskiy, and how he is still keeping his sense of humour

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2022

Putin’s bombs and missiles rain down, but he will never destroy Ukraine’s culture

As part of Russia’s ‘total war’, theatres are bombed and intellectuals are murdered. But we will fight for our heritage, says the Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2022

I have run out of words for the horror of Putin’s crimes in Ukraine

We remember the murdered bakers, the postal workers, the animal shelter volunteers and we say: there will be justice, says the Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2022