- Yuri Andrukhovych
Yuri Andrukhovych (Юрій Андрухович, born
March 13 ,1960 inIvano-Frankivsk ,Ukraine ) is a Ukrainian prosewriter ,poet ,essayist , andtranslator . WithOleksandr Irvanets andViktor Neborak , he co-founded theBu-Ba-Bu poetic group in 1985 (the group's name stands for "бурлеск, балаган, буфонада"--'burlesque, side-show, buffoonery').Literary work
To date, Andrukhovych has published four novels, four poetry collections, a cycle of short stories, and two volumes of essays, as well as literary translations from English, German, Polish, and Russian. His essays regularly appear in
Zerkalo nedeli ("Mirror Weekly"), an influential trilingual newspaper (published fully in Russian and Ukrainian with excerpts also published in an online English edition). A list of some of his major works includes:
*"The Sky and Squares " (Небо і площі, 1985), a book of poems
*"On the Left, Where the Heart Is " (Зліва, де серце, 1989), a cycle of short stories
*"Downtown " (Середмістя, 1989), a book of poems
*"Exotic Birds and Plants " (Екзотичні птахи і рослини, 1991), a book of poems
*"Recreations " (Рекреації, 1992), a novel
*"The Moscoviad ", (Московіада, 1993), a novel
*"Perverzion " (Перверзія, 1996), a novel
*"Disorientation on Location " (Дезорієнтація на місцевості, 1999), a book of essays
*"My Europe " (Моя Європа, 2001), a book of essays co-authored with the Polish writerAndrzej Stasiuk
*"Twelve Rings " (Дванадцять обручів, 2003), a novel
*"Songs for the Dead Rooster " (Пісні для мертвого півня, 2004), a book of poems
*"The Day Lady Died " (День смерті Пані День, 2006), an anthology of Ukrainian translations ofAmerican poetry from the 1950s and 1960s
*"The Devil's Hiding in the Cheese " (Диявол ховається в сирі, 2006), a book of essays
*"The Secret. Instead of a Novel " (Таємниця. Замість роману, 2007), a novel (made up of interviews)For his literary writings and activity as a public intellectual, Andrukhovych has been awarded numerous national and international prizes, including the
Herder Prize (2001), theErich Maria Remarque Peace Prize (2005), theLeipzig Book Fair Prize for European Understanding (2006), and the Angelus Prize (also 2006). He is a member of the editorial board of Ukrainian periodicals "Krytyka" and "Potyah 76".Political views
Andrukhovych writes in Ukrainian and is known for his strongly Ukrainophile views, however he is rarely considered a Ukrainian
nationalist , a charge he fiercely denies himself. In his interviews, he said that he respected both the Ukrainian and Russian languages and claims that his opponents do not understand that the very survival of the Ukrainian language is threatened. He translates his essays himself from Ukrainian into Russian for theZerkalo Nedeli which publishes every issue in both languages.External links
*"Andrukhovych, but not fully", and article in
Zerkalo Nedeli ("Mirror Weekly"), available online [http://www.dt.ua/3000/3680/32501 in Ukrainian] and [http://www.zerkalo-nedeli.com/ie/show/364/32501/ in Russian] .
* [http://www.literaturfestival.com/bios1_3_6_699.html Biography from the international literature festival berlin]
*Complete essays inZerkalo nedeli by Yuri Andrukhovych: [http://www.zn.kiev.ua/ie/search/?qnomer=533&q=&a_id=9119&datetype=0&sear.x=26&sear.y=10 in Ukrainian (since 2000)] and [http://www.zerkalo-nedeli.com/ie/search/?qnomer=533&q=&a_id=9119&datetype=0&sear.x=26&sear.y=10 in Russian (since 1995)]
*Selected poetry by Andrukhovych in Ukrainian: [http://poetry.uazone.net/andrukhovych]
*Biography page for Andrukhovych at the website of his German publisher,Suhrkamp : [http://www.suhrkamp.de/autoren/rights_autor.cfm?id=97]
*The information page on Andrukhovych at the website of theCanadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, which published the English translation of his first novel, "Recreations": [http://www.utoronto.ca/cius/publications/books/recreations.htm]
*Page for Andrukhovych at Poetry International Web: [http://ukraine.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=5528]
*Andrukhovych's acceptance speech for the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding: [http://www.signandsight.com/features/670.html]
* [http://www.andrukhovych.com/ Yuriy Andrukhovych's fan-club ]
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