Yaroslav Oros

Yaroslav Oros (Ukrainian: Ярослав Орос) (born April 18, 1959, village Shyroky Lug, the west of Ukraine) is a writer and journalist. He graduated from the Storozhynets College of Forestry in 1978 and the journalism department of National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv in 1986.

Oros is the first recipient of the International Literature Prize “Granoslov-91” for his novel «Змагання катів» (“Fight of executioners”, 1992) . He worked as chief editor of the newspapers “Personal plus”(“Staff Plus”), “Ukrainska Gazeta”(“Ukrainian Newspaper”) and as the director of the magazine “Knyzhkovy Klub +”(“Book Club+”). Y.Oros was the author of the Ukrainian radio program “Chetverty Universal”(“The Fourth Universal”). He founded book series "Class Literature" in publishing house "Znannia" ("Knowledge").