Sofija Onufriv

(c) Oleksandra Bienert

born in 1970, studied German literature and editing in Lviv (Ukraine) and was editor of the independent cultural magazine “Ї” as well as manager of the symphony orchestra INSO LVIV. For the Lviv Book Fair, she organized the first international literary festival within the framework of the fair. Together with journalist and Freiburg singer-songwriter Walter Mossmann, she realized various literary and musical cultural projects. She has lived in Berlin since 2008, working as a freelance simultaneous interpreter and translator, designing trips for the Berlin tour guide Ex Oriente Lux and guiding to Ukraine. She translates literary texts in both directions.