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 and author of the conceptual magazine project Chetver, also known as Thursday.
He wrote the novels The Island of Krk (1994), Wozzeck & Woczkurgia (1996, 1997), Double Leon (2000) and AM™ (2004). He also wrote the poetry collection Stanislav and his 11 Liberators (1996), several collections of essays, and a number of short stories, articles on cultural studies and literary criticisms. Izdryk is also one of the founders of the Stanislav phenomenon, a group of postmodernist post-Soviet writers.[1] He lives and works in his birthplace, Kalush.
Izdryk is also a visual artist and music composer, and has written stagings for theatrical plays.