Myroslav Laiuk

Myroslav Laiuk
Born	(1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 (age 34)
Occupation	Novelist, poet, screenwriter
Language	Ukrainian
Nationality	Ukrainian
Alma mater	National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy"

Myroslav Laiuk (Ukrainian: Мирослав Миколайович Лаюк; born 31 July 1990) is a Ukrainian writer.

Biography and artworks

Myroslav Laiuk was born in 1990 in Smodna, Kosiv Raion, 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 Kyiv Post, 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]

Books

• Thistle! (Осоте!) : [poetry]. — Kyiv, 2013. — 224 p.
• Metrophobia (Метрофобія) : [poetry]. — Lviv : Old Lion Publishing House, 2015. — 176 p.
• Old Women's House (Баборня): [novel]. — Lviv : Old Lion Publishing House, 2016. — 304 p.
• The World is not Created (Світ не створений): [novel]. — Lviv : Old Lion Publishing House, 2018. — 288 p.
• Rose (Троянда) : [poetry]. — Lviv : Old Lion Publishing House, 2019. — 176 p.
• Zaurys and his brother (Заврик і його молодший брат): [children's literature]. — Lviv : Old Lion Publishing House, 2019. — 36 p.
• Kivi Kivi (Ківі Ківі): [children's literature]. — Lviv : Old Lion Publishing House, 2020. — 64 p.
• Iron Water (Залізна вода): [novel]. — Lviv : Old Lion Publishing House, 2021. — 264 p.

English publications

• “calm rhythm[14]” — a poem by Myroslav Laiuk — New Statesman
• poems by Myroslav Laiuk[15] — Poetry International
• Myroslav Laiuk — Agenda — Four poems[16] (pp. 28 – 30)
• poems — The Frontier: 28 Contemporary Ukrainian Poets, An Anthology[17]
• The World is not Created, fragments[18] — New Books from Ukraine – 2019 — The Ukrainian Book Institute for The Frankfurt Book Fair)
• Iron Water, excerpt[19] — Apofenie

Book translations

• Metrofobia — poetry, translated into Polish by Marcin Gaczkowski, Kolegium Europy Wschodniej;
• Zaurus and his Brother — children book, translated into Belarusian and Slovak.

References

1. "Meet the winners of Top 30 Under 30 of 2018 - KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice". KyivPost. 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
2. "Writer On Tour - Myroslav Laiuk". Cúirt International Festival of Literature. 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
3. "Лауреати премії «Смолоскип» 2012". ЛітАкцент - світ сучасної літератури (in Ukrainian). 2012-05-04. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
4. "Лауреати конкурсу Фонду Лесі і Петра Ковалевих-2015". ЛітАкцент - світ сучасної літератури (in Ukrainian). 2015-10-21. Archived from the original on October 23, 2015. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
5. "«ЛітАкцент року — 2013». Вітаємо переможців!". ЛітАкцент - світ сучасної літератури (in Ukrainian). 2014-02-14. Archived from the original on March 21, 2015. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
6. "Дві книги Старого Лева – переможці премії «ЛітАкцент року-2015»". Видавництво Старого Лева (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-05-08.
7. "ВВС Україна оголосила короткі списки Книги року". BBC News Україна (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-05-08.
8. "Українці визначили кращі книжки конкурсу "Еспресо. Вибір читачів"". espreso.tv (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-05-08.
9. ""ЛітАкцент року – 2016»: відгуки журі. Номінація «Проза"". ЛітАкцент - світ сучасної літератури (in Ukrainian). 2017-01-24. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
10. "Самка Біолога та Дракон освіти - рецензія на "Баборню"". BBC News Україна (in Ukrainian). 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
11. "Учителька Марія Василівна як дзеркало пострадянської провінції. Баборня Лаюка (+УРИВОК)". texty.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-05-08.
12. "Антологія молодої української поезії III тисячоліття | А-БА-БА-ГА-ЛА-МА-ГА". store.ababahalamaha.com.ua. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
13. "На каналі "UA: Культура" у квітні стартує програма "Час поезії"". stv.detector.media (in Ukrainian). 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
14. ""calm rhythm" – a poem by Myroslav Laiuk". New Statesman. 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
15. "Myroslav Laiuk". www.poetryinternational.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-05-03.
16. Laiuk, Myroslav; Zhukovski, Alan (November 2014). "Agenda poetry journal" (PDF). agendapoetry.co.uk.
17. "The Frontier: 28 Contemporary Ukrainian Poets". Glagoslav Publications. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
18. "New books from Ukraine.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
19. "An Excerpt from the novel "Iron Water"". APOFENIE. Retrieved 2022-05-03.

Sources

• Myroslav Laiuk at Poetry International
• Myroslav Laiuk at Versopolis
• Myroslav Laiuk at New Statesman
• Meet the winners of Top 30 Under 30 of 2018

External links

• UKZN to host 22nd Poetry Africa festival. School of Arts
• Myroslav Laiuk | Festival svjetske književnosti
• Szablatura, Martin. Мирослав Лаюк: Поет рятує світ | MAČ2019.
• «The Poet of a Shark King (Ukrainian: Придворний поет короля акул»
• Guests at Vilenica 2020
• Metrofobia - Myrosław Łajuk
• The World is not Created, excerpts — New Books from Ukraine – 2019 — The Ukrainian Book Institute for The Frankfurt Book Fair
• Iron Water, excerpt — Apofenie
• Myroslav Laiuk at Poetry International
• On the Ukrainian Poets Who Lived and Died Under Soviet Suppression – Myroslav Laiuk for LitHub