Sofia Andrukhovych – contemporary Ukrainian writer and translator, author of “Felix Austria” and “Amadoka.” Daughter of writer Yurii Andrukhovych, she has established her own distinct literary voice. Her prose blends history, psychology, and explorations of memory.
📖 Her novel “Felix Austria” (2014) won the BBC Book of the Year Award. 🎬 Adapted into the film “The Inheritance” (Viddana, 2020). 🖋 “Amadoka” (2020) is one of the longest Ukrainian novels, at over 800 pages, tackling war, trauma, and memory. 🌍 Her works have been translated into German, Polish, English, and more. 💡 Explores how history shapes personal memory and relationships. 😮 Odd fact: admits she hadn’t planned to be a writer – literature came to her “like air.” 😂 Funny: during promotion of “The Inheritance,” she joked her characters “live longer than interviews.”