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Jurij Wynnytschuk, Ukrainian journalist, writer and editor. Vynnychuk's novel The Tango of Death was awarded the BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year for 2012. The novel is set in Lviv, in the period between the two world wars. The novel is marked with Vynnychuk's trademark fusion of tragedy and humor.The award was Vynnychuk's second BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year. He won the inaugural award in 2005 for his novel Spring Games In Autumn Gardens. On January 23, 2012 two policemen came to Vynnychuk's house and asked him to explain in writing about a poem he had recited a few months ago at the “A Night of Erotic Poetry” festival held in Kyiv. A complaint had been lodged with the prosecutor general by the Communist MP, Leonid Hrach, who accused the writer of reciting a poem that was like pornography and inciting a revolt against the Ukrainian government.
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Todestango Wynnytschuk, Jurij
Ein Ukrainer, ein Deutscher, ein Pole, ein Jude. Die Heimat der vier Freunde, das multikulturelle Lemberg der 1930er, wandelt sich mit der Ankunft der Sowjets und später der Nazis in einen ...
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*1952 in Ivano-Frankiwsk/ Ukraine