Danylo Husar Struk Programme in Ukrainian Literature

of the

Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies

The Struk Programme Writers' Series

The Danylo Husar Programme in Ukrainian Literature sponsors visits by Ukrainian writers to Canada for appearances at Canadian Universities and Ukrainian community events.

The first writer to visit Canada under the auspices of this program was Vasyl Gabor.

	Vasyl Gabor was born in 1959 in Transcarpathia, in the village of Oleksandrivka (previously Shandrovo), Khust Region. In 1986 he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Ivan Franko University, Lviv. He has worked for Lviv newspapers and a local history journal "Litopys Chervonoyi Kalyny." Vasyl Gabor is currently Head of the Foreign Periodicals Research Department at the Scientific Periodicals Research Centre of the Lviv Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library. In 1997 Vasyl Gabor completed his Kandydat degree by defending a thesis entitled "Transcarpathian Ukrainian-language press of the 1920-1930s in the context of the national awakening of the territory." He is the publisher of the "Pryvatna kolektsiia" (Private Collection) series of literary publications, which encompasses close to 100 titles, including award-winning anthologies.
Vasyl Gabor's books: Василь Ґабор. Книга екзотичних снів та реальних подій: Новели. Львів: ЛА «Піраміда», 1999. Василь Ґабор. Від Джойса до Чубая: Есеї, літературні розвідки та інтерв'ю. Львів: ЛА «Піраміда», 2010. Василь Ґабор. Про що думає людина: Візії та невигадані історії. Львів: ЛА «Піраміда», 2012. Vasyl Gabor. A Book of Exotic Dreams and Real Events: Short Stories Translated by Patrick Corness with Natalia Pomirko and Oksana Bunio. Lviv: 'Piramida', 2012.
	The "Pryvatna kolektsiia" series includes: Приватна колекція: Вибрана українська проза та есеїстика кінця ХХ століття. Львів: ЛА «Піраміда», 2002. «Незнайома». Антологія української «жіночої» прози та есеїстики другої пол. ХХ ― поч. ХХI ст. Львів: ЛА «Піраміда», 2005. «Дванадцятка». Наймолодша львівська літературна богема 30-х рр. ХХ ст.: Антологія урбаністичної прози. Львів: ЛА «Піраміда», 2006. «Бу-Ба-Бу» (Юрій Андрухович, Олександр Ірванець, Віктор Неборак): Вибрані твори: Поезія, проза, есеїстка. Львів: ЛА «Піраміда», 2007. Українські літературні школи та групи 60―90-х рр. ХХ ст.: Антологія вибраної поезії та есеїстики. Львів: ЛА «Піраміда», 2009. Нью-Йоркська група: Антологія поезії, прози та есеїстки. Львів: ЛА «Піраміда», 2012
Vasyl Gabor's appearances in Canada: November 11, 2012. Montreal November 13, 2012. Toronto. Informal meeting with Ukrainian graduate students at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatues, University of Toronto. November 14, 2012. Toronto. What People Are Thinking. A conversation with Vasyl Gabor co-sponsored by the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine. Listen to event audio. November 16, 2012. Toronto. Public appearance in Ukrainian co-sponsored by the "Slovo" literary club of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Listen to event audio. Watch very brief video of Gabor speaking about good works. Намагатися робити щось добре! More photographs of Gabor in Toronto, on our Facebook page.


Vasyl Gabor's appearances in Canada were part of his North American tour, which included his appearances in the United States in The Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Series, co-sponsored by the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University and by the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center. His appearance at Columbia University was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy. His appearance at the Kennan Institute, "And That Which People Are Thinking," took place on November 01, 2012. Watch event video. His appearance at Miami University took place on November 7, 2012. Some pictures.