Fakt

Fakt (Ukrainian: «Факт») was a Ukrainian publishing company based in Kyiv that operated from 1997 to 2011. It was founded as a private publishing house and became known for its ambitious literary programme, which combined contemporary Ukrainian prose and poetry with translations of world literature and humanities scholarship. The publisher's catalogue included works by leading Ukrainian authors such as Oksana Zabuzhko, Oksana Lutsyshyna, Sashko Ushkalov, Mykhailo Brynykh, Oles Berezhny, Anatoliy Dnistrovy, Artem and Olena Zakharchenko, Kateryna Babkina, Otar Dovzhenko, Ihor Kalynets, Vasyl Stus, Dmytro Stus, Vasyl Herasymyuk, Oleksandr Irvanets, Vasyl Slapchuk, Maryna Sokolyan, and Nastya Baidachenko. Its translation list featured international authors including Jonathan Safran Foer, Uladzimer Arlou, Vasil Bykau, and Marguerite Duras, as well as bilingual anthologies of classical Japanese poetry. Fakt was also active in the cultural and civic sphere, cooperating with NGOs and charitable foundations such as the Ukrainian-American Bureau for Human Rights, the Castalia Charitable Fund, the Japan Foundation (Embassy of Japan in Ukraine), the Centre for Social Policy research fund, the Renaissance Foundation, PROHELVETIA, and the Committee of Voters of Ukraine. It participated in the French Embassy's 'Skovoroda' programme, under which it launched the 'Contemporary French Women's Novel' series. The publisher was a regular participant in the Lviv Publishers' Forum and the International Kyiv Book Fair ('Medvin'). Among its most notable projects was the 2009 novel 'The Museum of Abandoned Secrets' by Oksana Zabuzhko, described as its last successful project. Fakt also ran several book series, including 'Pozа fokusom' (Out of Focus, founded 2007), 'Exceptis excipiendis', 'Mistamy' (Through Cities), and 'Vysoka polytsia' (High Shelf). Its edition of Charles Bukowski's 'Post Office' won the 10th All-Ukrainian 'Book of the Year 2008' rating in the 'Fine Writing – Contemporary Foreign Prose' category. The publishing house ceased operations in 2011, and its former official website has been inactive since then. In 2013, co-owners of the Kyiv-based Fakt publishing house were sentenced to six years in prison, a fact recorded in Ukrainian Wikipedia.

Fakt publishing house was established in Kyiv in 1997 and operated until 2011. It emerged as a private Ukrainian publisher with a strong literary orientation, publishing contemporary Ukrainian prose and poetry alongside translations of world literature and works in literary studies and art research. Over its active years, Fakt built a catalogue that included many of the most prominent Ukrainian writers of the period, such as Oksana Zabuzhko, Oksana Lutsyshyna, Sashko Ushkalov, Mykhailo Brynykh, Oles Berezhny, Anatoliy Dnistrovy, Artem and Olena Zakharchenko, Kateryna Babkina, Otar Dovzhenko, Ihor Kalynets, Vasyl Stus, Dmytro Stus, Vasyl Herasymyuk, Oleksandr Irvanets, Vasyl Slapchuk, Maryna Sokolyan, and Nastya Baidachenko. Its translation programme brought into Ukrainian the works of authors such as Jonathan Safran Foer, Uladzimer Arlou, Vasil Bykau, and Marguerite Duras, and it published bilingual anthologies of classical Japanese poetry, including 'Anthology of Japanese Classical Poetry: Tanka, Renga (8th–15th centuries)' and 'Collection of Old and New Japanese Songs: Poetic Anthology (905–913), Kokin Wakashū'. Fakt was also engaged in civic and cultural partnerships. It cooperated with public organisations and charitable foundations including the Ukrainian-American Bureau for Human Rights, the Castalia Charitable Fund, the Japan Foundation (Embassy of Japan in Ukraine), the Centre for Social Policy research fund, the Renaissance Foundation, PROHELVETIA, and the Committee of Voters of Ukraine. It took part in the 'Skovoroda' programme run by the French Embassy in Ukraine, under which it initiated the 'Contemporary French Women's Novel' series. The publisher was a participant in the Lviv Publishers' Forum and the International Kyiv Book Fair ('Medvin'). In 2007 Fakt founded the book series 'Pozа fokusom' (Out of Focus), which gathered works united by an unconventional view of familiar things, realities, and events; its slogan was 'In reality, everything is different…'. Titles in the series included Maryna Sokolyan's 'Kherem' (2007) and 'Novendialia' (2008), Artem Chekh's 'Kynya' (2007), Olena Zakharchenko's 'Brat-i-sestra' (2007), Oksana Vjelit's 'Nulova zapovid' (2007), and O. Zabuzhko's 'Knyha buttia, hlava chetverta' (2008). Other series included 'Exceptis excipiendis', 'Mistamy' (Through Cities), and 'Vysoka polytsia' (High Shelf), the latter a humanities project presenting Ukrainian critical thought, essays, literary studies, and art studies. Among the publisher's successes was the translation of Charles Bukowski's 'Post Office' in the 'Translated into Ukrainian' series, which won the 10th All-Ukrainian 'Book of the Year 2008' rating in the 'Fine Writing – Contemporary Foreign Prose' category. The publisher also received numerous competition awards for its series 'Exceptis Excipiendis', 'Vysoka polytsia', 'Mala entsyklopediia mody', 'Vybrane', 'Zona Ovidia', 'Tekst+kontekst', and others. Its last successful project is noted as Oksana Zabuzhko's novel 'The Museum of Abandoned Secrets' (2009). Fakt ceased operations in 2011, and its former official website has been inactive since that year. On 5 June 2013, co-owners of the Kyiv-based Fakt publishing house were sentenced to six years of imprisonment, according to Ukrainian Wikipedia. The publishing house is remembered as a significant contributor to Ukraine's literary landscape in the late 1990s and 2000s.

• 2013

  On 5 June, co-owners of the Kyiv-based Fakt publishing house are sentenced to six years in prison.

• 2011

  Fakt publishing house ceases operations; former official website becomes inactive.

• 2009

  Publication of Oksana Zabuzhko's novel 'The Museum of Abandoned Secrets', the publisher's last successful project.

• 2008

  Charles Bukowski's 'Post Office' wins the 10th All-Ukrainian 'Book of the Year 2008' rating in the 'Fine Writing – Contemporary Foreign Prose' category.

• 2007

  Book series 'Pozа fokusom' (Out of Focus) founded.

• 1997

  Fakt publishing house founded in Kyiv, Ukraine.

A literary publisher focused on high-quality Ukrainian and translated fiction, poetry, and humanities, with a non-commercial, culturally engaged profile.

• Oksana Zabuzhko, 'The Museum of Abandoned Secrets' (2009)

• Charles Bukowski, 'Post Office' (award-winning translation)

• Series 'Pozа fokusom' (Out of Focus)

• Series 'Exceptis excipiendis'

• Series 'Mistamy' (Through Cities)

• Series 'Vysoka polytsia' (High Shelf)

• Series 'Mala entsyklopediia mody' (Small Encyclopedia of Fashion)

• Series 'Vybrane' (Selected Works)

• Series 'Zona Ovidia' (Ovid's Zone)

• Series 'Tekst+kontekst' (Text+Context)

• Series 'Suchasnyi frantsuzkyi zhinochyi roman' (Contemporary French Women's Novel)

• Anthology of Japanese Classical Poetry: Tanka, Renga (8th–15th centuries)

• Collection of Old and New Japanese Songs: Poetic Anthology (905–913), Kokin Wakashū

1. 1Fact Kyiv — Новини Києва та України сьогодніfact.kiev.ua
2. 2Fakt (Publisher) - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Факт (видавництво) - Ukrainian Wikipediauk.wikipedia.org