Taras Prokhasko

Biologist by education Prokhasko's prose has been called to have features of "philosophy of a plant" for its dense and meditative character.

• Name — Taras Prokhasko • Born — 16 May 1968 • Birthplace — Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — novelist, essayist • Genre — Ukrainian literature • Movement — Stanislav phenomenon • Notable Works — The UnSimple (2002)

Taras Prokhasko decided to become a writer when he was 12 years old. From 1989 to 1991, he participated in student protests for Ukraine's independence, including the Revolution on Granite, and began writing during this time. In 1992, Prokhasko graduated with a degree in botany from Lviv University. From 1992 to 1993, after graduation, he worked various jobs, including as a school teacher, bartender, and animator at "Vezha" radio, as well as in art galleries, newspapers, on TV, and at the Ivano-Frankivsk Institute of Carpathian Forestry. From 1992 to 1994, he edited the avant-garde literary magazine "Chetver" (Ukrainian: Четвер, lit. 'Thursday'). In 1993 and 1994 he acted in short films "Flowers of St. Francis" and "Escape to Egypt" (winner of the Delyatyn video art festival). Worked as a journalist at "Express", "Postup", "Telekrytyka" and "Halytskyi korespondent" newspapers. In 2004 Prokhasko spent several months in Kraków on the «Stowarzyszenie Willa Decjusza — Homines Urbani» foundation scholarship.

He is nephew of writer Iryna Vilde and brother of translator and essayist Yurko Prokhasko. Prokhasko is a father of three sons.

Prokhasko's writings were translated in English, German, Polish, Hungarian, Belarusian and Russian.