Василь Махно (family. in 1964 in Чорткове on Ternopil Region) is a poet, prose writer, essayist and translator. His works are translated into many languages. Laureate of a few literary rewards, including Fund of Коваливых (2009), International poetic bonus "Пове е Мораве" (Serbia, 2013), "Book of year of ВВС" (2015). With 2000 lives in New York and travels all over the world, visiting literary festivals.Impressions from different countries, meeting with by interesting people, remembrances about life in Ukraine in soviet and post-soviet time underlay new book of prose of Василя Махно "Chickens do not fly", written on the joint of эссеистики and fiction. India and Austria, Colombia and Ireland, America and Ukraine are different cultures, religions, to mentality. But in spite of the fact that an author already a long ago lives in America, he does not forget about the roots, that he is Ukrainian. It shows up in his love to to nature, in scale vision of the world, valid attitude toward other cultures and people.Wonderful lyric prose it is impossible to unstuck from that.