Sam Taplin

Andrii Yuriyovych Kurkov (Ukrainian: Андрій Юрійович Курков, IPA: [ɐnˈd⁽ʲ⁾r⁽ʲ⁾ij ˈjur⁽ʲ⁾ijowɪtʃ kʊrˈkɔu̯]; born 23 April 1961) is a Ukrainian author and public intellectual who writes in Russian and Ukrainian. He is the author of 19 novels, including the bestselling Death and the Penguin, nine books for children, and about 20 documentary, fiction and TV movie scripts. His work is currently translated into 37 languages, including English, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Swedi…