Artem Chapeye

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Artem Chapeye's work has been translated into eleven languages and has reached some of the most visible platforms in English-language letters: the title story of his collection The Ukraine (2018) ran in The New Yorker The New Yorker, the book was shortlisted for the 2025 EBRD Literature Prize and reviewed in The Washington Post The Washington Post and The Guardian The Guardian, and his memoir Ordinary People Don't Carry Machine Guns (2025) was named among The Washington Post's 50 notable works of nonfiction from 2025 50 notable works of nonfiction from 2025. 

Across genres, his work returns repeatedly to lives easily overlooked and increasingly sets documentary testimony against speculative invention, using imagined futures to say what direct witness cannot. His most recent novel, T-Happiness (2026), and its predecessor The Weathering (2021) extend that method into fiction shaped by digital-age alienation, memory, and trauma. 

Chapeye was a finalist for the Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism (2015) and held both the Central European Initiative Fellowship for Writers in Residence (Slovenia) and the Paul Celan Fellowship for Translators (Austria) in 2013. His translations into Ukrainian include work by Mahatma Gandhi, Edward Said, Noam Chomsky, and Charles Taylor. 

The New Yorker

Artem Chapeye on Defending Ukraine Artem Chapeye on Defending Ukraine

By Deborah Treisman

The author discusses “The Ukraine,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine.

The Washington Post

‘The Ukraine’ is more interested in the human than the heroic ‘The Ukraine’ is more interested in the human than the heroic

Review by Talya Zax

Artem Chapeye’s stories are largely about average people toughing it out through normal challenges.

The Kyiv Independent

‘I feel like I lost 3 years’ — Ukrainian author turned soldier Artem Chapeye on culture during war ‘I feel like I lost 3 years’ — Ukrainian author turned soldier Artem Chapeye on culture during war

By Kate Tsurkan

In this conversation with the Kyiv Independent during the international Book Arsenal Festival, Ukraine’s largest literary event, Chapeye reflects on the creative cost of war, his fears that the world will only associate Ukraine with war, and the surprising role artificial intelligence might play in leveling the literary playing field for authors working in "small" languages.

Ukraine World

“I’m a Civilian Who Had to Defend His Country”: The Story of a Ukrainian writer and Serviceman “I’m a Civilian Who Had to Defend His Country”: The Story of a Ukrainian writer and Serviceman

By Nika Krychovska

In this interview, Artem Chapeye speaks about the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, reflects on his time in the military, shares what he's been reading, and discusses how the war has reshaped his writing. We also include excerpts from his latest book.

Seven Stories Press

Seven Questions with Artem Chapeye Seven Questions with Artem Chapeye

A short interview with the author of “The Ukraine,” “Ordinary People Don’t Carry Machine Guns,” and the newly released debut novel “The Weathering”.

Words Without Borders

Persevering Even After the End of the World: Artem Chapeye’s The Weathering Persevering Even After the End of the World: Artem Chapeye’s The Weathering

By Cory Oldweiler

“Readers are given plenty to think about and the space in which to do their thinking,” writes critic Cory Oldweiler.

Chytomo

Confessions of a modern opium-eater: A review of Artem Chapeye’s ‘T-Happiness’ Confessions of a modern opium-eater: A review of Artem Chapeye’s ‘T-Happiness’

“T-Happiness,” Chapeye’s new novel published by Publisher XXI, is a post-apocalyptic vision that features both the familiar journey and the survival, but also a constant sense of a great explosion. The protagonist has survived and is trying to adapt to this new world, but his mind has been traumatized and fragmented. Chapeye isn’t taking us far away. This vision takes place in the present Russo-Ukrainian war, but differs from reality only in the emergence of new technology.