Yuri Durkot, born in Lviv, is a journalist, translator, interpreter, and writer. He studied German language and literature in Lviv and Vienna and has worked as a freelance journalist for Austrian newspapers. From 1995 to 2000, Yuri Durkot was press spokesman for the Ukrainian Embassy in Germany. Since the end of 2000, he has worked as a freelance journalist, publicist, translator, and producer for the German-language press and public broadcasters.