Max Kidruk Explained

Max Kidruk
Birth Name:Maksym Ivanovych Kidruk
Birth Date:1 April 1984
Birth Place:Volodymyrets, Ukraine
Occupation:Writer
Period:2009–present[1]
Genre:Travel literature, techno-thriller

Maksym Ivanovych Kidruk (Ukrainian: Максим Іванович Кідрук; born 1 April 1984) is a Ukrainian travelogue and fiction writer. His professional career began in 2009 with an autobiographical novel The Mexican Chronicles, describing the journey across Mexico from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea. Since then Kidruk traveled in 29 countries and wrote eight fiction books including travelogues, adventure stories and thrillers. He is the author of the very first Ukrainian techno-thriller Bot. Most of his stories are based on real places and events which Kidruk witnessed or heard of from fellow travelers during his journeys. From 2012, he has been working solely in the techno-thriller genre.[2]

Life

Kidruk was born on 1 April 1984 in Volodymyrets, a small town in western Ukraine (Rivne region).[3]

In 2006 he graduated from National University of Water Management and Natural Resources Use (located in Rivne city) receiving a MSc in Engineering. While at the university Kidruk also worked as a programmer in Russian Developers Company ASCON. After graduating Kidruk moved to Kyiv, and became a PhD student at National Technical University "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute".[4] In 2007 Kidruk obtained a Swedish Institute scholarship, and moved to Stockholm. He studied Sustainable Development at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan — KTH), one of the leading technical universities in Europe at the time.

In the following 2 years Kidruk lived in Europe, gradually moving away from science toward literature.

During the summer of 2008 Kidruk started his first big journey overseas, flying to Mexico and crossing the country from the western to eastern coast with a small backpack and little money. The adventures on the trip formed the core of his first published book, The Mexican Chronicles. The book becomes an instant success in Ukraine (the first edition sold out within 6 months, during the next 3 years the book was reissued 3 times), and Kidruk decided to leave his science career and focus on literature. Kidruk's next big trip to South America and Easter Island developed into his second travel book The Journey to the Navel of the World, published in 2010. The book was also successful (the second edition appeared in 2012). During 2010–2012 Kidruk visited Angola, Namibia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Brazil, China, Turkey, Norway, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, New Zealand, Italy, France and others, in total almost 30 countries. He accidentally became a witness of the Egyptian uprising in 2011, staying two weeks on Tahrir square surrounded by Arabs protesting against President Mubarak. Later in 2011 Kidruk organized a response to a sexually harassing "Win a Ukrainian Wife" competition launched by New Zealand's The Rock Fm radio station (the action took place in Auckland, New Zealand, it is described in an autobiographical book To New Zealand!).[5]

In 2012 Kidruk published techno-thriller Bot, a story based on programming, nanotechnologies and mysteries of a human brain. This work was very successful. The first edition of Bot sold out in 3 months. The book entered "Knyharnya Ye" bookstore chart at number sixteen, reaching number two in just two weeks, and staying in the top ten for twelve weeks. Bot is being translated into Russian, Polish and German.

In September 2013 techno-thriller The Stronghold was published.[6]

In the fall of 2014 the thriller Cruel Sky («Жорстоке небо») was published by the "Club of Family Leisure" («Клуб сімейного дозвілля») publishing house.

Bibliography

Fiction

Journalistic books

Books in collaboration

Translations

Technical books

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: From power engineering to Mexican chronicles - Dec. 22, 2011. KyivPost. 26 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Interview with Maxym Kidruk: "My Biggest Dream Is That In 10 Years, Ukraine...". Eastbook.eu. 26 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Кідрук: Важкий музон мене надихає. Zaxid.net. ZAXID.NET. 26 November 2017.
  4. Web site: Максим Кідрук. koronatsiya.com. 26 November 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120610094140/http://koronatsiya.com/pro-avtor-v/maksim-k-druk. 10 June 2012.
  5. Web site: Максим Иванович Кидрук Либрусек. lib.rus.ec. 26 November 2017.
  6. Web site: Макс Кідрук написав новий роман "Твердиня" » Події » Презентації » Буквоїд. bukvoid.com.ua. 26 November 2017.
  7. Book: Кідрук, Макс. Мексиканські хроніки. 2016-04-03. Family Leisure Club. 9786171209787. uk.
  8. Book: Кідрук, Макс. Подорож на Пуп Землі. 2016-04-08. Family Leisure Club. 9786171209732. uk.
  9. Book: Кідрук, Макс. Любов і піраньї. 2017. Family Leisure Club. 9786171229181. uk.
  10. Book: Кідрук, Макс. Бот. 2012. Family Leisure Club. 9789661446532. uk.
  11. Book: Кидрук, Максим. Твердиня. 2019-04-06. Книжковий Клуб «Клуб Сімейного Дозвілля». 9785040088744. uk.
  12. Book: Кідрук, Макс. На Зеландію!. 2013. Glagoslav Distribution. 9789661466264. uk.
  13. Book: Кідрук, Макс. Жорстоке небо. 2014. Glagoslav Distribution. 9789661479851. uk.
  14. Book: Кідрук, Макс. Зазирни у мої сни. 2016-01-01. Family Leisure Club. 9786171215047. uk.
  15. Book: Кідрук, Макс. Не озирайся і мовчи. 2017-01-01. Family Leisure Club. 9786171240766. uk.
  16. Book: Кідрук, Макс. Де немає Бога. Family Leisure Club. 9786171256484. uk.
  17. Book: Кідрук, Макс. Заради майбутнього. 2020. Family Leisure Club. 9786171264267. uk.
  18. News: "Це не буде фантастика". Макс Кідрук готує серію книг про стосунки між цивілізаціями Землі й Марсу. espreso.tv. 2019-12-01. 25 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201025160448/https://espreso.tv/news/2019/12/01/quotce_ne_bude_fantastykaquot_maks_kidruk_gotuye_seriyu_knygu_pro_stosunky_zemli_y_marsu.
  19. Book: Кідрук, Макс. Небратні. 2015 . Family Leisure Club. 9789661494007. uk.
  20. Book: Ода до радості (збірник). Лис. Володимир. Положій. Євген. Денисенко. Лариса. Кідрук. Макс. Дашвар. Люко. Вдовиченко. Галина. Роздобудько. Ірен. Жадан. Сергій. Гаврош. Олександр. 2018-07-11. Книжковий Клуб «Клуб Сімейного Дозвілля». 9785040086627. uk.
  21. Book: Волонтери. Мобілізація добра. Карпа. Ірена. ін. Макс Кідрук та. 2015-01-01. Family Leisure Club. 9789661490825. uk.
  22. Web site: Оголосили переможців літературного конкурсу "Коронація слова - 2009". eukraina.com. 29 September 2016. uk.
  23. Web site: Названо переможців конкурсу Найкраща українська книга-2010. unian.ua. uk.
  24. Web site: Премія "Відкриття року". litakcent.com. uk.

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