Andrey Kurkov, a prominent Ukrainian author, discussed the experience of being a writer remaining in Kyiv since Russia's invasion. He shared insights into his work and the realities of life under constant bombardment.

Andrey Kurkov is Ukraine's most prominent living novelist and one of the country's leading public intellectuals. Since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, he has remained in Kyiv and published three volumes of war diaries (Diary of an Invasion, The Year of the Locust, and Three Years on Fire). Speaking to Jean-Emile Jammine, he describes what it means to be a writer living under the bombs.