Serhiy Zhadan

Biography

Serhiy Zhadan is a Ukrainian poet, novelist, and social activist, born on August 23, 1974, in Starobilsk, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. He graduated from H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University in 1996, and since then, has worked as a freelance writer, publishing 12 books of poetry. His 2018 novel "Voroshilovgrad" was adapted into the film "The Wild Fields", which he was involved in.