Володимир Рутківський
Born 1937 · Ukraine
BBC Ukrainian Book 2011 · Winner
Syni vody
Title translated by AI:“Blue Waters”
Volodymyr Rutkivsky · 74 when first published
Novel · Historical, War
AI-generated summary:In the fourteenth-century steppes, the orphan Petryk saves a wounded stranger held for ransom by vagabond brodnyks; the man is Dmytro Bobrok, and the boys' fate becomes bound up with the coming battle of Blue Waters.
BBC Ukrainian Book 2009 · Shortlist
Dzhury-kharakternyky
Title translated by AI:“The Sorcerer Squires”
Volodymyr Rutkivsky · 72 when first published
Novel · 448 pages · Historical, War · Джури, book 2
AI-generated summary:In the days of the first Cossacks, young Hrytsyk, the little magus Sanko and the elusive Cossack Shvaika with his loyal wolf take on the Tatar horde, though there is hardly anyone behind them.