Artem Chapeye

Artem Chapeye , the literary pseudonym of Anton Vasilyovich Vodyanyi (, born 2 December 1981), is a Ukrainian writer, reporter, translator, and activist. He writes creative nonfiction as well as literary fiction. Artem is a five-time finalist of the BBC Ukraine Book of the Year Award.

Biography Artem was born and raised in Kolomyia, a small city in Western Ukraine. He spent most of his years living in Ukrainian capital Kyiv. He was one of the founders and prominent figures of the Save Old Kyiv movement against illegal construction by big developer business. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he evacuated his family to safety early in March, Politically, Artem supports anti-authoritarian and left-wing ideas.

Career He graduated from the Kolomyia Gymnasium in 1998. He was studying at the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine between 1998 and 2001, but he was forced to drop his studies during the protest campaign "Ukraine without Kuchma". He graduated with a degree in the field of philosophy from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in 2008. He received the Central European Initiative Fellowship for Writers in Residence in Slovenia and the Paul Celan Fellowship for Translators in Austria.

Artem had a career breakthrough when his second book Traveling with Mamayota: In Search of Ukraine (2011) was shortlisted for the BBC Ukraine Book of the Year Award. There Goes the Neighborhood (2015) and The Ukraine (book) (2018) which were also shortlisted for the BBC Ukraine Book of the Year Award. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he volunteered for the army.