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.

For 2013, the writer is Yuri Vynnychuk, author of Tango smerti, which won the BBC Ukrainian Best Book of the Year award in 2012.

	Yuri Vynnychuk was born in 1952 in the city then called Stanislaviv and now known as Ivano-Frankivsk. He completed his university education at the Vasyl Stefanyk Prykarpatsky University there and then moved to Lviv, where he currently resides. He has held various editorial positions at newspapers and journals and he has produced a very wide range of literary works including poetry, plays, short stories, and novels. He is a frequent and often controversial contributor to various journals and newspapers, often on political topics. His works have been tranlated into a variety of languages and have been transposed to film. He is also an avid collector and publisher of Western Ukrainian local history and customs.
A selection of Yuri Vynnychuk's publications: Поезія: «Відображення» (1990) Оповідання: «Спалах» (1990) «Вікна застиглого часу» (2001) «Місце для Дракона» (2002) «The windows of time frozen» (2000) Проза: «Ласкаво просимо в Щуроград» (1992) «Діви ночі» (1992, 1995, 2003) «Житіє гаремноє» (1996) «Мальва Ланда»(2000) «Чорт зна що» (2004) «Танґо смерті» (2012) Краєзнавство: «Легенди Львова» (6 видань, 1999–2003) «Кнайпи Львова» (2000, 2001) «Таємниці львівської кави» (2001) Інше: «Книга бестій» (2003) «Огнений змій» (1989) «Срібна книга казок» (1993) Серія книг «Юрій Винничук презентує» (з 2002, 8 книжок) «Казкова скарбниця» (з 2002; 3 книжки) «Весняні ігри в осінніх садах» (2005) «Зачароване місце» (2006) «Останній Бункер»
Yuri Vynnychuk's appearances in Canada: October 25, 2013. Toronto. Cabaret "Serce batiara" with Victor Morozov. See poster. October 26, 2013. Ottawa. Meeting with students at the University of Ottawa. October 26, 2013. Ottawa. Cabaret "Nezazhurene serce batiara" with Victor Morozov. See poster. October 27, 2013. Montreal. Cabaret "Nezazhurene serce batiara" with Victor Morozov. See poster. October 29, 2013. Tuesday. 12:00 – 2:00 PM. A conversation with Yuri Vynnychuk, author of Tango of Death. Meeting Ukrainian Writers Series. Mr Vynnychuk will be interviewed by Prof Maxim Tarnawsky with translation into English. Room 108, North Building, Munk School of Global Affairs (1 Devonshire Place). Register here. Listen to the interview: Event audio. (In both English and Ukrainian) October 31, 2013. Thursday. 2:00 – 4:00 PM. Informal meeting with Ukrainian students at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatues, University of Toronto. Carr Hall Rm 106. This event is primarily for students, but guests are invited too. If you wish to attend, email Prof. Tarnawsky. November 3, 2013. Edmonton. Vynnychuk Author's evening. UNO Hall. See poster. November 4, 2013. Edmonton. Meetings with scholars at CIUS offices and with students in a Ukrainian language classroom.
Yuri Vynnychuk's appearances in Canada are part of his North American tour, which includes 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 appearances there will be after his Canadian tour.