About the book: year / Sergei Viktorovich Zhadan was born in 1974 in Starobelsk, Lugansk region. Graduated from the philological department of Kharkov Pedagogical University. Poet, prose writer, playwright, translator from German and Belarusian. Writes in Ukrainian. The works have been translated into German, English and many Slavic languages. Winner of national and international awards. Lives in Kharkov.