Yuriy Izdryk
Human Right
Compiled by: Ales Plotka
Translations: Natalia Rusiecka, Ales Plotka
Editing: Źmicier Dziadzienka
Illustrations: serbskiy_nozh
hochroth Minsk
Berlin, 2025
ISBN 978-3-949850-64-6
Yuriy Izdryk (b. 1962) – ukrainian writer, artist, musician, and cultural scholar. A prominent representative of Ukrainian postmodernism. Recipient of numerous awards, including the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine (2025). Founder of the legendary literary journal “Chetver” («Четвер»). Author of acclaimed novels “Votsekh” («Воццех», 1996) and “AMTM” (2004), among others, as well as poetry equally popular in online publications and printed editions. His works were translated into Belarusian; poetry collection “Papyrosy” («Папяросы») published as a standalone volume in 2020.
Natalia Rusiecka (b. 1974) – poet, translator, and literary scholar. Graduated from the Philology Faculty of Belarusian State University in 1996. Published poetry collections “Two Insomnias” («Два бяссонні», 2004) and “Chestnuts in Pockets” («Каштаны ў кішэнях», 2015), alongside the monograph “Family Muse: The Poetry of Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłł” («Сямейная муза. Паэзія Францішкі Уршулі Радзівіл», 2007). Lives and works in Lublin, Poland.
Ales Plotka writer and musician; frontman of the band Sož and the musical project Baisan&Yasinski. Winner of literary prizes; poetry has been translated into multiple European languages. Author of three poetry collections and translator of six books from Slavic languages. Consistent participant in Belarusian-Ukrainian cultural dialogue and decolonial narratives.