Andrey Kurkov Books in Order

Andrey Kurkov is a Russian writer of Ukrainian origin. Born on April 23, 1961, in the small town of Budogoszcz, Russia, Kurkov's family moved to Kyiv, Ukraine, when he was young. He graduated from the Kyiv Pedagogical Academy of Foreign Languages in 1983 and later completed a Japanese translation training. Kurkov's writing career has yielded numerous notable works, but he is perhaps best known for his novels 'Smert pingvina', translated into English as 'Death and the Penguin' in 2001, and 'Zakon ulitki', translated into English as 'Penguin lost' in 2005, showcasing his unique blend of Ukrainian culture and dark humor.