| Title | Contemporary Russophone Literature of Ukraine in the Changing World of Russian Literature |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | Andrey Kurkov and Alexei Nikitin |
| Contributor | Catherine O’Neil (author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0340.40 |
| Landing page | https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0340/chapters/10.11647/obp.0340.40 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Catherine O’Neil |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Published on | 2024-04-03 |
| Long abstract | This chapter examines the careers of two of Kyiv’s most prominent Russophone authors, Andrei Kurkov and Alexei Nikitin, who had very different publication experiences both at home and abroad. I focus on the reception of their prose fiction in English translation in the US; since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2023, I have updated this chapter to address some of the sweeping, ongoing changes in Russophone culture and its perception in the west. My analysis draws on my extensive personal and professional relations with literary and scholarly figures in Ukraine, including the two authors under discussion and their publishers and translators. |
| Page range | pp. 653–672 |
| Print length | 20 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
Catherine O’Neil is Professor of Russian Language and Culture at the United States Naval Academy. She received her Master’s in Russian literature from the University of Toronto and her doctorate from the University of Chicago. She has written on Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian and European romanticism, and currently works on contemporary Ukrainian literature and Translation Studies. She has translated Alexei Nikitin’s The Face of Fire (with Dominique Hoffman; Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2024) and is translating Victory Park.