Andrey Kurkov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Andrey Kurkov

Ukrainian writer

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1961

Place of Birth: Budogoshch, Russia

Profession: screenwriter, writer, translator, contributing editor, journalist

Nationality: Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Andrey Yuryevich Kurkov (Ukrainian: ?????? ???????? ??????; Russian: ?????´? ?´?????? ?????´?; born 23 April 1961 in Leningrad, USSR) is a Ukrainian novelist and an independent thinker who writes in Russian.
He is the author of 19 novels, including the bestselling Death and the Penguin, 9 books for children, and about 20 documentary, fiction and TV movie scripts.
His work is currently translated into 37 languages, including English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Swedish, Persian and Hebrew, and published in 65 countries.
Kurkov, who has long been a respected commentator on Ukraine for the international media, notably in Europe and the United States, has written assorted articles for various publications worldwide.
His books are full of black humour, post-Soviet reality and elements of surrealism.