Современная драматургия

The article discusses the book entitled Modern Dramaturgy: Genre Transformation, Modifications, Innovations by a well-known Ukrainian author, Evgueni Vassiliev. The reviewer considers the monograph to be an important contribution to the development of dramaturgy of contemporary literary studies; therefore, it is highly rated. Evgueni Vassiliev died in 2021, so the article also includes his biography, which shows a considerable number of research achievements of the author, a literary critic, a researcher of contemporary drama and theatre, a director of the youth theatre in Rivne, and an initiator of numerous conferences (Kondratievski’s Readings).