# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yuri-pokalchuk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:52:23.755Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yuri-pokalchuk"
name: "Yuri Pokalchuk"
slug: "yuri-pokalchuk"
description: "Yuri Pokalchuk was a Ukrainian writer, translator, researcher, candidate of philological sciences, and head of the international department of the Writers' Union of Ukraine. He was the older brother of the writer and psychologist Oleg Pokalchukand a member of the literary group \"The Dogs of Saint Yur\". Additionally, he was an organizer and leader of the musical group \"Lights of a big city\" which performed songs set to his texts."
tagline: "Ukrainian writer (1941–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pokalchuk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-01-24"
deathDate: "2008-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.147589333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/yurpaco"
    handle:    "yurpaco"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "يورى پوكالتشوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurij_Pokal%C4%8Duk"
    title: "Jurij Pokalčuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Pokalchuk"
    title: "Yuri Pokalchuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurij_Pokalczuk"
    title: "Jurij Pokalczuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%87%D1%83%D0%BA%2C_%D0%AE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Покальчук, Юрий Владимирович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%87%D1%83%D0%BA_%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Покальчук Юрій Володимирович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump