“Collection” is an attempt to present the Izdryk phenomenon as a network phenomenon. The collection includes poems that received more than 600 likes after being published on FB. That is, “Collection” is to some extent (or rather, completely) shaped by the preferences of the FB community in its Izdryk bubble.

The book is illustrated with Izdryk’s graphic works from the 90s, the originals of which have long since been sold to private and institutional collections, but for this edition, the author personally enriched the reproductions with the added reality of pencil impromptu.

That is, “Collection” is in every sense – or at least in two – a collector’s edition. Enjoy!

For this book, Yuriy Izdryk received the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine 2025