Olexiy Yevgenovych Yurin ( Ukrainian: Юрін Олексій Євгенович; born 14 April 1982) is a Ukrainian poet,
playwright
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Readin ...
, pedagogue and
interpreter
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. His first book of poetry, ''On yourself'', was published in 2008, and his next book, ''Parampara'', was published in 2011. Next he wrote a collection of ironic poetry, ''Are all the women the same?'', in 2013. He writes in Ukrainian and English.
Life
Yurin was born in Cherkasy, Ukraine. He studied in the Cherkasy physical mathematical lyceum, later – at the department of the foreign languages of the
Cherkasy National University
The Cherkasy National University (named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky, official full title Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy) is a state-sponsored university located in Cherkasy (Central Ukraine). It is one of the leading universiti ...
by B. Khmelnytsky. Since 2004 O. Yurin is at the pedagogical work, has the first degree in teaching. He worked in the
Peace Corps
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of the American Embassy in Ukraine. Since the end of 2013 Olexiy had been living in Bulgaria. In 2014 he came back to Ukraine. Now he works as a TV host and radio presenter in
Suspilne
The National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine JSC (, ''NTSU''), also known as Suspilne (, , ) or previously UA:PBC, is the national public broadcaster of Ukraine. As such it was registered on 19 January 2017.Cherkasy Music and Drama Theater. In 2017, the collection ''Where the Muses Live?'', in co-authorship with poet Lina Petlyak from Ivano-Frankivsk. The presentation took place in the Cherkasy Palace of Marriages.
The poetry of O. Yurin is marked by emotiveness, philosophy, unusual images and rhymes. He writes in Ukrainian and English, poetry translated into Bulgarian and English.
Yurin's poems were heard in performances of the Cherkasy Music and Drama Theater. He performed the role of Ivan Kotlyarevskyi in the play ''Silence and Thunder by Vasyl Simonenko''. Together with the actors of the theater, he staged the musical and poetic play ''Fresh from Passion Fruit'' based on his own poetry. In 2016, he created the monologue "All living things have the right to life" based on his own biography and poetry. In the same year, he wrote the libretto for the Cherkasy Theater for the musical ''Maria's Tango'' based on the work of Astor Piazzola and Horacio Ferrer. The performance premiered on 23 June at the Cherkasy Regional Philharmonic. Olexiy translated the libretto for the opera ''Carmen'' into Ukrainian. The premiere with the participation of artists of the
National Opera of Ukraine
The Kyiv Opera group in Ukraine was formally established in the summer of 1867, and is the third oldest opera in Ukraine, after Odesa Opera and Lviv Opera.
The Kyiv Opera Company perform Kyiv Opera House, named after Taras Shevchenko.
Hist ...
and Cherkasy Regional Symphony Orchestra was also held at the Cherkasy Regional Philharmonic. Collaborated with the Cherkasy Puppet Theater. Performed the main role in the theater play ''Hello, Jealousy'' based on the poetry of O. Yurin.
The mystery ''Tangus dei'' (''Divine Tango''), the libretto of which was written by O. Yurin, was performed on the stage of the National Philharmonic.
In 2019, the poetry collection ''Ambrosia'' was published.