Yuri Rytkheu

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<b>Yuri Rytkheu</b> (1930– 2008) was born in Uelen, a village in the Chukotka region of Siberia. He sailed the Bering Sea, worked on Arctic geological expeditions, and hunted in Arctic waters, in addition to writing over a dozen novels and collections of stories. The English translation of his book <i>A Dream in Polar Fog</i> was a Kiriyama Pacific Rim Prize Notable Book in 2006. In the late 1950s, Rytkheu emerged not only as a great literary talent, but as the unique voice of a small national minority— the Chukchi people, a shrinking community residing in one of the most majestic and inhospitable environments on earth.