Юрій Винничук
Born 1952 · Ukraine
BBC Ukrainian Book 2015 · Shortlist
Aptekar
Title translated by AI:“The Apothecary”
Yuri Vynnychuk · 63 when first published
Novel · 443 pages · Historical, Love
AI-generated summary:Between 1646 and 1648, first in the Venetian Republic and then in Lviv, historical figures and invented ones meet in a mystery of love triangles in which the real and the imagined blur.
BBC Ukrainian Book 2012 · Winner
Танґо смерті · Tango smerti
Yuri Vynnychuk · 60 when first published
Novel · 474 pages · Historical, War
AI-generated summary:In pre-war and wartime Lviv four friends, a Ukrainian, a Pole, a German and a Jew whose fathers died fighting for the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1921, share adventures and loves; a second story unfolds today in Lviv and Turkey.
BBC Ukrainian Book 2010 · Shortlist
Hrushi v tisti
Title translated by AI:“Pears in Pastry”
Yuri Vynnychuk · 58 when first published
Novel · 288 pages · Autofiction
AI-generated summary:In autobiographical tales of his youth, a writer recalls Soviet-era Lviv: poetry and black-market deals, café gatherings and pranks, the army and love.
BBC Ukrainian Book 2009 · Shortlist
Lehendy Lvova. Knyha druha
Title translated by AI:“Legends of Lviv. Book Two”
Yuri Vynnychuk · 57 when first published
Short stories · 430 pages · Легенди Львова, book 2
AI-generated summary:Legends of old Lviv retold from the city's folklore, where spirits, devils and witches mix with kings, burgomasters, sorcerers and city rogues.
BBC Ukrainian Book 2005 · Winner
Vesniani ihry v osinnikh sadakh
Title translated by AI:“Spring Games in Autumn Gardens”
Yuri Vynnychuk · 53 when first published
Novel · Love
AI-generated summary:A lonely man makes a frank, erotic and self-mocking confession of his life and his loves, full of irony and moving between comedy and tragedy.