Stanislav phenomenon

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The Stanislav Phenomenon was an avant-garde art group which was active in the city of Stanislav (now Ivano-Frankvisk) between 1989 and 1996. [1] It was a group of artists and writers living in Ivano-Frankivsk who were affiliated with the Western postmodernism after the collapse of the Soviet Union. [2] [3] The writers include Yuri Andrukhovych, Halyna Petrosanyak, Yuri Izdryk, Volodymyr Yeshkiliev, and Taras Prokhasko. [2]

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References

  1. Fedyuk, Olena (2006). "Stanislav Phenomenon: More on Ukrainian national identity" (PDF). kakanien revisited: 1–18.
  2. 1 2 "The Stanislav Phenomenon - Ukraine - Poetry International". www.poetryinternational.org. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  3. Blacker, U. (2013). "Living among the ghosts of others: Urban postmemory in Eastern Europe". Memory and theory in Eastern Europe. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 173–193.