Yury Andruhovich Ukrainian poet, prose writer, translator, essayist. Date of Birth: 13.03.1960 Country: Ukraine

1. Biography of Yuri Andrukhovych
2. Founding the Bu-Ba-Bu Group
3. Editorial Work and Publications
4. Influence on Ukrainian Literature
5. Works
6. Translations

Biography of Yuri Andrukhovych

Yuri Ihorovych Andrukhovych, born on March 13, 1960, in Ivano-Frankivsk, is a Ukrainian poet, prose writer, translator, and essayist. He currently lives and works in Ivano-Frankivsk and is the Vice President of the Association of Ukrainian Writers.

Founding the Bu-Ba-Bu Group

In 1985, Andrukhovych, along with V. Neborak and O. Irvantsev, co-founded the poetic group Bu-Ba-Bu. This group was one of the first to revive the carnival and buffoonery traditions in Ukrainian literature.

Editorial Work and Publications

Since 1991, Andrukhovych has been a co-editor of the literary and art journal "Chetverh" and also collaborates with the journal "Pereval." In the almanac "Sovremennost," some of his most important prose works, such as "Recreations" (1992), "Moskoviada" (1993), and "Perversion" (1996), were published. These works were later released as separate books in 1997. He has also written essays, including "Central-Eastern Revision" ("Sovremennost," 3'2000).

Influence on Ukrainian Literature

Andrukhovych's presence in Ivano-Frankivsk has been a significant factor in the fermentation of the so-called "Stanislav Phenomenon" and the formation of the local creative elite. His works have had a significant influence on the current literary process in Ukraine, and his name is associated with the first instances of interest in contemporary Ukrainian literature in the West. His works have been translated into Polish, English, German, Russian, Hungarian, Finnish, and Swedish.

Works

Andrukhovych has published numerous collections of poetry, including "Sky and Squares" (1985), "City Center" (1989), "Exotic Birds and Plants" (1991), and "Exotic Birds and Plants with the addition of 'India': A Collection of Poems" (1997). He has also written novels such as "Songs for the Dead Rooster" (2004) and "Twelve Rings" (2003), as well as collections of essays like "Disorientation in the Landscape" and "Central-Eastern Revision."

Translations

Andrukhovych's novels have been translated into Russian by Yulia Ilyina-Korol ("Recreations" in "Druzhba narodov," 2000, No. 4), Anastasia Brazhkina ("Moskoviada" in "NLO," 2001), Anastasia Brazhkina and Ivan Sid ("Perversion" in "NLO," 2002), and Zara Babloyan ("Mystery. Instead of a Novel" in "Folio," 2008).