Volodymyr Dibrova – contemporary Ukrainian writer, translator, and literary scholar, author of “Andriyivsky Descent” and “Andriichuk and Other Heroes.” He teaches at Harvard, promoting Ukrainian literature globally. His writing style is ironic, intellectual, and tinged with postmodernism.
📚 Known for translating Joyce, Beckett, and Orwell into Ukrainian. 🎭 His plays have been staged in Kyiv and abroad, mixing satire with philosophy. 💡 “Andriyivsky Descent” reflects nostalgic Kyiv of the 1980s with humour and grotesque. 🌍 Since the 1990s, he has lived in the US, teaching at Harvard. 🖋 Experiments with diverse forms – from parables to absurdist theatre. 😮 Odd fact: first to translate Orwell’s “1984” into Ukrainian. 😂 Funny: students recall how he suddenly shifts from literary theory to playful dialogues with imaginary characters during lectures.