Hrytsenko’s body of work focuses on the crossroads of culture, society, and politics. This is exemplified by titles such as
Presidents and Memory. The Political Memory of the Presidents of Ukraine (1994-2014):
Background, Message, Implementation, Results (2017),
Cultural Policy: Concepts and Experience (1994), and
Culture and Power: The Theory and Practice of Cultural Policy in the Modern World (2000). Immediately following the collapse of the
Soviet Union, Hrytsenko is credited with developing Ukraine's study of the humanities. One of his final books, Pegasus Perestroika: Parodies, Poems, and Polemics (1985-1991) (2018), is a collection of parodical writings and philosophical tracts published in Soviet Ukraine during the final years of the USSR. In the introduction, Hrytsenko states that while he does not believe the works directly influenced the downfall of the Soviet Union, they are still vital pieces to Ukraine’s culture. In addition, Hrytsenko translated many works from
English and
Polish into Ukrainian. This includes poems from
Emily Dickinson,
T.S. Eliot, and
E.E. Cummings, along with prose from the Polish authors
Witold Gombrowicz and
Stanisław Lem. == References ==