Bu-Ba-Bu

Bu-Ba-Bu is a literary performance group founded on April 17, 1985 in Lviv by three Ukrainian writers Yuri Andrukhovych, , and . The group was founded in April 1985 in Lviv. The group's three syllables stand for "burlesque, balagan, and buffonada".^[1] The idea behind the group's formation was in order to present a carnival like interpretation of events in Ukraine.

The first public evening of Bu-Ba-Bu took place in late 1987 in Kyiv. The period of the most active activity of Bu-Ba-Bu (23 concert poetry evenings) was 1987-1991.

The apotheosis of Bu-Ba-Bu was the Vyvykh-92 festival in 1992 (youth festival of alternative culture and non-traditional genres of art in Lviv). The brightest part of the festival were four performances of 1–4 October 1992 poetry opera Chrysler Imperial by Bu-Ba-Bu (directed by S. Proskurnia).

In 1995, the first joint book of bubabists Bu-Ba-Bu. T.v.o.[…]ry was printed in the publishing house "Kamenyar".

In 1996, the Chrysler Imperial (Thursday-6) print project effectively ended the "dynamic period" of Bu-Ba-Bu's existence.

Bu-Ba-Bu Academy[]

Bu-Ba-Bu Academy unites Bu-Ba-Bu members and poets awarded theBu-Ba-Bu Award for "Best Poem of the Year":^[2]

• Ivan Malkovych (1988)
• Nazar Gonchar (1989)
• Vihta Sad (1990)
• Volodymyr Tsybulko (1991)
• Mykhailo Barbara (1992)
• Olena Buyevich (1993)
• Petro Midyanka (1994)
• Mykola Kholodny (1995)
• Halyna Petrosanyak (1996)
• Yurko Pozayak (1997)
• Serhiy Zhadan (1999)

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