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Ostapa Drozdov's novel «#1» is more than just a novel, confined to genre. It is a confession of several generations united by a common idea - to defend their identity. It is a family saga with dramatic twists and turns of fate. It is several biographies at once against the backdrop of different eras, in which the author's frankness borders on public nudity to the most intimate. It is a life-affirming and unconventional look at everyday life outside the window. This is crying and laughing. This is life itself. The way the author sees and feels it. He is a well-known Ukrainian journalist, political commentator, permanent author and host of the political programme «Directly by Text» and the author's hard talk show Drozdov on ZIK TV channel. A pioneer of subjective journalism in Ukraine, one of the most successful and recognisable journalists in Western Ukraine. He has been in professional journalism since 1998. He started his career at the legendary newspaper "Postup" (information department, later - politics department). Since 2003, he has been deputy editor-in-chief of the Western Ukrainian weekly Argument-Hazeta, co-author of the concept of the yellow edition. In a few months, the circulation of Argument-Gazeta grew from 4,000 to 30,000 copies. In 2005, he headed Lviv's first analytical weekly, Argument Vlada. In 2006, as editor-in-chief of the publication, he received the highest national award in the field of journalism - the Golden Pen (nomination "Discovery of the Year"). In 2007, he founded the political television programme &Pryamyy textom» (Lviv Regional State Television and Radio Company). The programme became a phenomenon in the information space due to the author's non-standard style, which was based on a relaxed manner of conduct, sharp and unexpected questions, wide use of argonisms, dialectisms and colloquial vocabulary. With his programme, Ostap Drozdov launched the genre of improvisational, unscripted interviews.