Myroslav Laiuk (Ukrainian: Мирослав Миколайович Лаюк) (*31 July 1990, Carpathians) — Ukrainian writer.
Myroslav Laiuk | |
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Born | 31.07.1990 |
Occupation | Novelist, poet, screenwriter |
Language | Ukrainian |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Alma mater | National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" |
Myroslav Laiuk was born in 1990 in Smodna, Kosiv region, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Living in Kyiv, Ukraine he graduated from National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and received a PhD degree for "Philosophy and Literature" program there. Since 2018, Laiuk teaches a creative writing course at his alma-mater university.
In 2018, Myroslav Laiuk was included to the list of Top 30 Under 30 of 2018[1] by KyivPost, an award for young innovative Ukrainians achieving outstanding results in different fields.
His works are translated into different foreign languages, with published books in Lithuania, Slovakia, Belarus, and Poland.
In 2018, he became a recipient of the Emerging Writer on Tour award.[2] He was a participant of Poetry Africa Festival (South Africa), Festival of World Literature (Croatia), Authors' Reading Month (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine), StAnza (Scotland International Poetry Festival), and others.
His first poetry book Osote! (tr: Thistle!) was published in 2013. The book was awarded the Smoloskyp Prize,[3] Kovalevykh Foundation Prize[4] and Litakcent Roku Award[5] as the best poetry book of the year in Ukraine. The second poetry book, Metrophobia (2015) was also awarded by Litakcent Roku[6] as the best poetry book of 2015. Myroslav's debut novel, Babornia (tr: The Old Ladies House) (2016) was shortlisted by the Book of the Year BBC Award,[7] Espresso Readers Choice Prize[8] and Litakcent Roku Award.[9] It was named as the strongest debut and one of the most remarkable books of the year by numerous Ukrainian media.[10][11]
In 2018, he compiled Anthology of Young Ukrainian Poetry of the III Millennium.[12] In 2019 Myroslav became a host of the show «The Poetry Time» on UA: PBC.[13]
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