aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Ukrainian poet, prose writer and dramatist tomorrow

[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

Tomorrow evening, the Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University 
will present a talk with:

OLEKSANDER IRVANETS

Oleksander Irvanets (1961-), comic poet, prose writer and dramatist is 
one of the three members of the literary group "Bu-Ba-Bu" (Ukrainian 
acronym for "burlesque, disorder, buffoonery"; along with writers Viktor 
Neborak and Yuri Andrukhovych), which was formed in 1985. A native of 
Lviv who grew up and lived in Rivne, Mr. Irvanets began writing poems in 
the late 1970's and plays since 1995. His work "A Little Play about 
Betrayal for a Single Actress" (1992) had considerable success on the 
German stage in German translation. His most recent novel, about his 
hometown, is "Rivne-Rovno (Stina)" (2002). Mr. Irvanets' satirical jibes 
had been directed at the old Soviet ways; now they are directed at 
contemporary political, social and cultural issues. Currently, he lives 
in Irpin, just outside of Kyiv, where he continues to write for the 
theater. Mr. Irvanets is in the United States on a Fulbright grant, 
researching contemporary American drama at La Salle University in 
Philadelphia.

Talk to be moderated by Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, lecturer of Ukrainian 
language and culture at Columbia University.

WHEN:  Thursday, December 1 at 7:00pm
WHERE: Room 1219, International Affairs Building, Columbia University, 
420 W. 118th Street, New York

For more information, please contact Diana Howansky at 
ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu or (212) 854-4697.

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Please note the next Ukrainian Studies Program event will be less than 
one week from today, on Tuesday, December 6:

Commemorating AIDS Awareness Week, the Ukrainian Studies Program and the 
Ukrainian Student Society at Columbia University will host 
representatives of Human Rights Watch, Rebecca Schleifer (HIV/AIDS and 
Human Rights Program) and Jane Buchanan (Europe and Central Asia 
Division), who will speak about the HIV/AIDS crisis in Ukraine. Room 
1219, International Affairs Building, 1:00pm.


-- 
Diana Howansky
Staff Associate
Ukrainian Studies Program
Columbia University
Room 1209, MC3345
420 W. 118th Street
New York, NY  10027
(212) 854-4697
ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu
http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/ukrainianstudies/