Sashko Dermansky (28.11.1976)

Sashko Dermansky is one of the most talented and popular young children’s writer of Ukriane.

He was born in Kyiv region.

He graduated from the faculty of the Ukrainian philology of the National Mykhaylo Drahomanov Pedagogical University of Kyiv. Since receiving the degree of teacher of Ukrainian language and literature in 1999 he has been lecturing in Kyiv Colledge of Electronic Devices.

He is a literary editor of “The Path” children’s magazine.

Married. Father of his daughter Vladyslava.

His first children’s poems were published in 2001. Since then a lot of his poems, short stories and fairy tales have been published in children’s periodicals.

He is an author of ten children’s novellas and fairy tales, including “The Lord of Makutsa or The Adventures of Onysko the Snake”, “The King of Beeches or The Mystery of an Emerald Book” etc.

Published by A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA in Ukrainian:

• "A Wonderful Monster in the Land of Monstrous Beasts", 2010
• "A Wonderful Monster", 2006
• "The Tales of Omelko the Dragon", 2012