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Andrukhovych, Yuri
Yuri Andrukhovych was born in 1960 in Ivano-Frankivsk in West Ukraine (formerly the Galician city of Stanislav). He studied journalism and then began writing poetry. His novels are considered classics of Ukrainian contemporary literature. In 2006 he was awarded the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding. His most recently published work is Taemnitsya (The Secret).
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The author has so far published 1 article on euro|topics.
1. Commentary | 22/10/2008
The heart beats
Russia has withdrawn from Georgia, but Ukrainian writer Yuri Andrukhovych sees no reason to be relieved. A polemic. » more
1 article of this author has been cited in the European Press Review so far.
The magic of post-Soviet landscapes
In an interview with Evelina Kustra, Ukrainian writer Juri Andruchowytsch speaks of the magic of Eastern Europe's post-Soviet landscapes and of his latest project in this region: "Post-communist images hold a great fascination for me. And it was this fascination that gave me the idea for the 'Literatura industrial' tour I am currently conducting through eastern Ukraine's most rundown regions with Serhiej Żadan. It looks to me as if social aesthetics have done a complete u-turn since the 1980s. Tourists are beginning to travel to Poland or Ukraine to see the ruins of real-life socialism. These are really good times for romantic post-Soviet landscapes and lovers of 'decaying huts', as [Polish author] Andrzej Stasiuk puts it."
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