Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Rafeienko (born November 25, 1969, in

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...

) is a Ukrainian writer, novelist, and poet. From 1992 to 2018, he wrote his works in Russian, was mainly published in Russia and was considered a representative of Russian literature. He is the winner of the Russian Literary Prizes " Russian Prize" (2010, 2012) and "New Literature" (2014). In 2014, after moving to

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

, he studied Ukrainian. He later began writing his new novel in Ukrainian and became a full representative of Ukrainian literature. In 2019 he published his first novel in Ukrainian "Mondegreen (songs about death and love)."

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Living people 1969 births Donetsk National University alumni Russian-language writers Russian male writers Ukrainian male writers Ukrainian-language writers {{DEFAULTSORT:Rafeienko, Volodymyr