About Yurii Andrukhovych
Yurii Ihorovych Andrukhovych (Ukrainian: Юрій Ігорович Андрухович, pronounced [ˈjur⁽ʲ⁾ij ɐndrʊˈxɔwɪt͡ʃ]; born March 13, 1960), who spells his name as Yuri Andrukhovych in English, is a Ukrainian prose writer, poet, essayist, and translator. Andrukhovych is a representative of the Stanislav phenomenon, a group of Ivano-Frankivsk postmodernist writers and co-founder of the poetic group Bu-Ba-Bu. == Biography == As a child Andrukhovych attended a school with a focus on studying German language and dreamt to become an archaeologist or a rock star. According to his own memoirs, after recognizing his poor prospects in archaeology he decided to study journalism. In 1982 Andrukhovych graduated with a degree in editing from the Ukrainian Printing Institute in Lviv. In the following years he worked for a newspaper and completed army service. In 1985, Andrukhovych co-founded the Bu-Ba-Bu poetic group, which stands for «burlesque, side-show, buffoonery» (Ukrainian: бурлеск, балаган, буфонада) together with Oleksandr Irvanets and Viktor Neborak. The authors aimed to revive the carnival and comedic literary style. As a member of the group Andrukhovych received the title "partiarch of Ukrainian literature". In 1989 Andrukhovych was accepted as a member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, but in 1991 left the organization and initiated the creation of an alternative organ known as Association of Ukrainian Writers, later serving as its vice-president.
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