Real name — Anton Vodianyi. Ukrainian writer, translator, reporter.
Born on Dec, 2, 1981 in Kolomyia, he graduated from Kolomyia Gymnasium. From ‘98–’01, he studied at the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine but dropped his studies during the protest campaign “Ukraine without Kuchma.” From ‘04–’08, Artem studies at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and graduated with a degree in philosophy.
From ‘06–’07, he traveled around the North and South America and, based on these experiences, he wrote the book, The Venture (Авантюра), first published in ‘08. He’s also written Traveling with Mamayota in Search of Ukraine (Подорож із Мамайотою в пошуках України) in 2011, The Red Zone (Червона зона) in 2014, and There Goes the Neighbourhood (Понаїхали) in 2015.
During the war in Donbas, Artem worked as a reporter where he twice was the finalist of the journalistic award “Honor of the Profession.” In 2015, Artem, together with Kateryna Serhatskova, published their collection of journalistic stories from Donbas The Three-Letter War (Війна на три букви). Six stories from this book—three by Chapai and three by Serhatskova—were nominated for the Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism.
Chapai’s stories and reports are also published in English, Polish, Czech, and Slovenian, and he has translated books by Mahatma Gandhi, Edward Said, and Charles Taylor.
