Bohdana Laiuk is a Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine.
At the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, Bohdana focuses on literature, reading promotion and publishing as well as state language policy. Bohdana specifically aims at the promotion of Ukrainian literature abroad.
Before joining public service in 2025 Bohdana worked as a journalist and curator of cultural projects. Having an MA in law, Bohdana has 10+ years of experience in creative industries, working as a journalist, culture manager, and curator in Ukrainian and international projects.
In 2020, Bohdana drafted and launched the first state literary translation grant program at the Ukrainian Book Institute. She co-hosted a podcast about culture and colonialism (2022–2023) and was a lecturer of a contemporary Ukrainian literature course at Projector Institute. Bohdana is a co-curator at FUNDAMENT literary festival.
Bohdana was recognized by «30 Under 30: Most Prospective Young Journalists» in 2021 by the Georgiy Gongadze Prize and «30 Under 30 Kyiv Post» (award for the most innovative Ukrainians) in 2020. Her podcast about the influence of literature on civil society, «I Read That,» was recognized as one of the top 30 Ukrainian podcasts from 2021, and her podcast about colonialism, «Unnamed for Now,» won «The Best Ukrainian Podcast about culture» nomination award by «Slushno» (2022).