Yuriy Izdryk
Yuriy Izdryk | |
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| Native name | Юрій Романович Іздрик |
| Born | Yuriy Romanovych Izdryk 16 August 1962 Kalush, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Writer, poet |
| Language | Ukrainian |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Alma mater | Lviv Polytechnic National University |
| Literary movement | Postmodernism |
Yuriy Romanovych Izdryk (Ukrainian: Юрій Романович Іздрик; born 16 August 1962) is a Ukrainian writer, poet, actor, and the creator of the conceptual magazine project Chetver (Thursday). He is the author of the novels Wozzeck & Woczkurgia (1996, 1997), Double Leon (2000) and AM™ (2004), as well as the poetry collection Stanislav and his 11 Liberators (1996), several essay and short story collections (including The Island of Krk and Other Stories, 1993), plus cultural and literary criticism articles. A co-founder of the Stanislav phenomenon, a group of postmodernist post-Soviet writers, Izdryk is also a visual artist, music composer, and theater practitioner. He lives and works in his birthplace, Kalush, Ukraine.