Alexander Korotko

Alexander Korotko was born into a Jewish family in Korosten, northern Ukraine, in 1952 and is a graduate of Odesa National Economics University. A prolific writer of both poetry and prose, his work has been translated into numerous languages and he has received many honours and awards. His War Poems was published by Glagoslav in 2022, and a collection of short stories Bera and Cucumber followed next year (2023). He now lives in Kyiv.