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Serhiy Shadan is one of the most distinguished writers and artists in Ukraine. Provided that he can appear at SIAF, he will report on the current situation in his country and the threat posed by the Russian aggressor, which has long since become dramatic.
Serhiy Shadan is one of the most distinguished writers and artists in Ukraine. Provided that he can appear at the Swiss Institute of International Studies (SIAF) on Wednesday, 26 October 2022, he will report on the current situation in his country and the threat posed by the Russian aggressor, which has long since become dramatic.
Serhiy Viktorovych Shadan was born in 1974 in Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. In Kharkiv, Shadan studied literature, Ukrainian and German studies and earned his doctorate with a dissertation on Ukrainian futurism. Since 1991, the author of numerous volumes of poetry has been one of the defining figures of the young scene in Kharkiv, where he still lives today. His first novel, "Depeche Mode", which was also translated into German, was published in 2007. Shadan has received numerous awards, including the Hubert Burda Prize for Young Poetry in 2006, the Swiss Literature Prize of the Jan Michalski Foundation in 2014, and the Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair in 2018. In 2022, he will receive the Freedom Prize of the German Book Trade and the Freedom Prize of the Frank Schirrmacher Foundation.
The event will be held in English. No pre-registration necessary. No seat reservation possible.
When: Wednesday, 26 Oktober 2022, 18:30-20:00 pm
Where: Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich, Room KOL-G-201
More Information: www.agenda.uzh.ch
