It is easy to write about Yurij Holovatch. As easy as to
communicate with him, who is always open, friendly and sincere. It
is hard to believe that he is getting 50, we would say, a mature
scientific age, as some much younger colleagues could be jealous
or dream about his easiness in perceiving novel ideas. On the
other hand, his achievements in various fields of theoretical
physics make us feel that Prof. Holovatch has been actively
working in science considerably longer! More than 70 journal
publications, about the same number of conference talks, a
supervisor to a dozen of Ph.D. students, editor of six proceedings
and scientific books speak for themselves. We are not going to
reveal the secret of how he managed all this, but rather leave it
for the reader to guess.