Meeting with Artem Chapeye
The Centre de Recherches Europes-Eurasie-CREE (Inalco), with the support of the Ukrainian Institute, is honored to invite you to the meeting with Artem Chapeye around his book Les gens ordinaires ne portent pas de mitraillettes Éditions Bayard.
This scientific event will be held at the Maison de la Poésie - Passage Molière (157, rue Saint-Martin, Paris 3e).
Book presentation
In the aftermath of Russia's invasion of his country, Ukrainian writer Artem Chapeye decides to enlist in the army. This spontaneous choice would mark the months, years and even the life of the author. Written at the front, this is the story of an ordinary person who would never have carried a machine gun had war not been declared. His enlistment in the "resistance" shook his political convictions and upset his family and friends. Through a poignant and intimate text, the author shares the emotional daily life of a soldier and questions the way our choices shape our identity, in a context of armed conflict as in every moment of life when destiny turns upside down.
Author biography
Born in 1981, Artem Chapeye, whose real name is Anton Vassyliovytch Vodiany, is a Ukrainian writer, journalist and translator.
He has lived, worked and traveled in the United States and Central America.
Many of his stories have been translated into English, Polish, Czech and Slovenian.
A reporter during the Donbass war, he was twice a finalist for the journalistic prize Honor of the Profession and four times a finalist for the BBC Book of the Year award in Ukraine with the novel Far from Here, Near Nowhere, Editions Bleu&Jaune 2015.
Organizer
- Iryna Dmytrychyn (CREE, Inalco)