Yuriy Tarnawsky
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Yuriy Tarnawsky is one of the founding members of the New York Group, a Ukrainian émigré avant-garde group of writers, and co-founder and co-editor of the journal Novi Poeziyi (New Poetry; 1959–1972). He writes fiction, poetry, plays, translations, and criticism in both Ukrainian and English. His works have been translated into French, German, Hebrew, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, and Russian.
(now Ukraine). In 1952 he emigrated to the U.S., where he attended Newark College of Engineering (currently known as New Jersey Institute of Technology). Upon graduating, he took a job with IBM
, where he worked first as an electronic engineer and then a computer scientist. He lived in Spain
between 1964-65. He received a Ph.D. in theoretical linguistics from New York University
in 1982. He retired from IBM in 1992. From 1993-96, he was professor of Ukrainian Literature and Culture in the Department of Slavic Languages as well as co-coordinator of Ukrainian Studies at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University
in New York.
In 2009, Yuriy Tarnawsky won an &NOW award, gaining recognition for “Screaming (a mininovel)” in The &NOW Awards: The Best Innovative Writing. Tarnawsky is a participant in the biennial &NOW festival, a festival for experimental and innovative writing.
Biography
Tarnawsky was born in 1934 in Turka, Eastern PolandLwów Voivodeship
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(now Ukraine). In 1952 he emigrated to the U.S., where he attended Newark College of Engineering (currently known as New Jersey Institute of Technology). Upon graduating, he took a job with IBM
IBM
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, where he worked first as an electronic engineer and then a computer scientist. He lived in Spain
Spain
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between 1964-65. He received a Ph.D. in theoretical linguistics from New York University
New York University
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in 1982. He retired from IBM in 1992. From 1993-96, he was professor of Ukrainian Literature and Culture in the Department of Slavic Languages as well as co-coordinator of Ukrainian Studies at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University
Columbia University
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in New York.
In 2009, Yuriy Tarnawsky won an &NOW award, gaining recognition for “Screaming (a mininovel)” in The &NOW Awards: The Best Innovative Writing. Tarnawsky is a participant in the biennial &NOW festival, a festival for experimental and innovative writing.
Selected bibliography
- Life in the City (1956, poetry, Ukrainian)
- Popoludni v Pokipsi (Afternoons in Poughkeepsie) (1960, poetry, Ukrainian, New York Group Publishing)
- Shljaxy (Roads) (1961, novel, Ukrainian, Suchasnist Publishers)
- Idealizovana biohrafija (An Idealized Biography) (1964, poetry, Ukrainian, Suchasnist Publishers, Munich)
- Spomyny (Memories) (1964, poetry, Ukrainian, Suchasnist Publishers
- Bez Espaniji (Without Spain) (1969, poetry, Ukrainian, Suchasnist Publishers)
- Questionnaires (1970, poetry, Ukrainian)
- Poeziji pro nishcho i inshi poeziji na cju samu temu (Poems About Nothing and Other Poems on the Same Subject) (1970, poetry, Ukrainian, New York Group Publishing)
- This Is How I Get Well (Oto jak zdrowjeje) (1978, poetry, English and later Ukrainian, Suchasnist Publishers)
- Meningitis (1978, novel, English, Fiction Collective)
- Bez nichoho (Without Anything) (1991, poetry, Ukrainian, Dnipro Publishers)
- U ra na (1992, book-length poem, Ukrainian, Berezil Publishers & M. P. Kots Publishers)
- Three Blondes and Death (1993, novel, English, FC2)
- 6x0 (1998, collected plays, Ukrainian, RodovidRodovidRodovid is a free online collaborative family tree portal. Originally a Ukrainian project, as of August 2009 it has active communities in over 19 languages...
) - An Ideal Woman (1999, poetry, Ukrainian)
- The City of Sticks and Pits (1999, book-length poem, Ukrainian)
- Jix nemaje (They Don't Exist) (1999, collected poetry 1970–1999, Ukrainian, Rodovid)
- Ne znaju (I Don't Know) (2000, selected fiction, Ukrainian, Rodovid)
- Like Blood in Water (2007, collection of mininovels, English, FC2)
- Short Tails (2011, collection of interconnected short fictions, English, Civil Coping Mechanisms)
External links
- A three-part interview with Yuriy Tarnawsky (Big Other)
- Tarkawsky's poem "I Forgot Her Blue Ice" in [Agni]
- The &NOW AWARDS: The Best Innovative Writing (Volume 1)
- &NOW Festival