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NameSerhiy Zhadan
First NameSerhiy
Last NameZhadan
OccupationPoet
BirthdayAugust 23
Birth Year1974
Place of BirthStarobilsk
Home TownLuhansk Oblast
Birth CountryUkraine
Birth SignLeo
Full/Birth Name
FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseIryna Kunitsyna
Children(s)Not Available

Serhiy Zhadan Biography

Serhiy Zhadan is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on August 23, 1974 in Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.

Zhadan’s active involvement in Ukrainian Independence began while a student and has continued throughout the various political crises in Ukraine. In 1992 he was one of the organizers of Kharkiv neo-futuristic literary group “The Red Thistle”. He participated in the 2004 Orange Revolution demonstrations against corruption and voter intimidation in the presidential run-off elections, was the commandant of a tent camp in Kharkiv. The protests resulted in a revote ordered by Ukraine’s Supreme Court. He has repeatedly expressed sympathy for anarchists, and in many of his works there are “left” motives.

Zhadan was born in Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. He graduated from H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University in 1996 with a thesis on the work of Mykhail Semenko and the Ukrainian Futurist writers of the 1920s. He then spent three years as a graduate student of philology, and taught Ukrainian and world literature from 2000 to 2004. Since then he has worked as a freelance writer.

Serhiy Viktorovych Zhadan (Ukrainian: Сергі́й Ві́кторович Жада́н ; born 23 August 1974) is a Ukrainian poet, novelist, essayist, and translator.

Serhiy Zhadan Net Worth

Serhiy is one of the richest Poet from Ukraine. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Serhiy Zhadan's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomePoet
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Since 2007, Zhadan has collaborated with another Kharkiv band Sobaky v Kosmosi, now known as Zhadan and the Dogs. They released the albums — The Army Sports Club (Sportyvny Klub Armiyi, 2008), Weapons of the Proletatiat (Zbroya Proletariatu, 2012), Fight for Her (Byisya za neyi, 2012), Dogs (Sobaky, 2016) and Madonna (2019).

Kirill Ankudinov, writing for Vzglyad.ru in June 2008, said:

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Who is Serhiy Zhadan Dating?

According to our records, Serhiy Zhadan married to Iryna Kunitsyna . As of January 13, 2024, Serhiy Zhadan’s is not dating anyone.

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The tribute album Khor monholskykh militsioneriv (Mongol policemen choir) was released in 2008. The songs include lyrics by Zhadan, performed by Kharkiv musicians.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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His novel Anthem of Democratic Youth has been adapted for the stage and performed at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater in Kyiv. Since 2004 he has worked with Yara Arts Group form La MaMa Experimental Theatre in New York, contributing to the shows: “Koliada: Twelve Dishes” (2005), “Underground Dreams”(2013–2014), “Hitting Bedrock” (2015) and “1917–2017: Tychyna, Zhadan and the Dogs,” (2016–2017).

Zhadan is an internationally known Ukrainian writer, with 12 books of poetry and 7 novels, and winner of more than a dozen literary awards. In March 2008, the Russian translation of his novel Anarchy in the UKR made the shortlist of the National Bestseller Prize. It was also a contender for “Book of the Year” at the 2008 Moscow International Book Exhibition. In 2009 he won the Joseph Conrad-Korzeniowski Literary Prize. In 2012 Gunshot and Knife won Ukrainian rating “Book of the Year” for fiction. His 2010 novel Voroshylovhrad won him the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature in Switzerland, BBC Ukrainian’s “Book of the Decade” award and Brücke Berlin Prize. His selected poems Dynamo Kharkiv won Ukrainian “Book of the Year.” (2014) His book Mesopotamia won the Angelus literature prize in 2015, the Award of the President of Ukraine “Ukrainian Book of the Year” in 2016.

Top Facts about Serhiy Zhadan

  1. Serhiy Zhadan is a Ukrainian writer born in 1974.
  2. He has published over 20 books, including poetry and prose.
  3. Zhadan’s works have been translated into more than 20 languages.
  4. He was awarded the Angelus Central European Literature Award in 2019.
  5. Zhadan is known for his activism during the Euromaidan protests.
  6. His novel “Voroshilovgrad” won the BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year award in 2010.
  7. Zhadan has collaborated with musicians to create albums and performances.
  8. He studied Ukrainian language and literature at Kharkiv University.
  9. Zhadan has been compared to other Eastern European writers such as Milan Kundera and Bohumil Hrabal.
  10. He is considered one of Ukraine’s most important contemporary writers.

Facts & Trivia

Serhiy Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ukraine. Serhiy Zhadan celebrates birthday on August 23 of every year.

There is no summarizing the spicy, hot, sweet, vicious improvisations of Serhiy Zhadan – this is verbal jazz. When you read him, you fear for contemporary Russian literature: of those now writing in the Russian language, there is none among them who is so infernally free (and above all, free from “writerly” prose, from the tendency to “produce an impression”).

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