Iaroslava Strikha

Yaroslava Maksymivna Strikha (Ukrainian: Ярослава Максимівна Стріха; born 27 August 1988) is a Ukrainian literary translator and critic, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Slavic languages and literatures from Harvard University.

Early life and education Yaroslava Strikha was born in 1988 in Kyiv into a family of academics and writers.

Career Strikha works primarily as a literary translator from English and other languages into Ukrainian and as a literary critic. She has translated prose, non‑fiction, comics and graphic novels, including works by Kate Atkinson, Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman, Walter Isaacson, Julian Barnes and others.

In interviews Strikha has described translation as a way of understanding how texts are constructed and as a form of critical reading.

In The Ukrainians she was characterized as an “omnivorous reader and storyteller”. Julian Barnes – The Only Story (Одним одна історія) and The Man in the Red Coat (Чоловік у червоному халаті) (Tempora, 2019–2022). Paul Auster – The New York Trilogy (Нью-йоркська трилогія) (Vydavnytstvo Staroho Leva, 2020). Henry David Thoreau – Walden; or, Life in the Woods (Волден, або Життя в лісах) (Tempora, 2020). Art Spiegelman – Maus (Ukrainian two‑volume edition, Vydavnytstvo, 2020–2023). Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons – Watchmen (Вартові) (Ridna Mova, 2018). Scott McCloud – Understanding Comics (Зрозуміти комікси. Невидиме мистецтво) (Ridna Mova, 2019). Katie O’Neill – The Tea Dragon Society and Princess Princess Ever After (Товариство чайних драконів; Принцеса + принцеса. Довго і щасливо) (Ridna Mova, 2019). Walter Isaacson – Leonardo da Vinci (Nash Format, 2019). Shaun Bythell – The Diary of a Bookseller (Щоденник книгаря) (Nash Format, 2019). Amos Oz and Fania Oz‑Salzberger – Jews and Words (Євреї і слова) (Dukh i Litera, 2017).

Public engagement Strikha frequently appears at Ukrainian literary festivals and translation‑focused events, including the Translatorium festival and Lviv BookForum, where she has taken part in discussions on translation, world literature and comics.