Borys Oliynyk (poet)
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| Born | Borys Ilich Oliynyk 22 October 1935 |
| Died | 30 April 2017 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
Borys Illich Oliynyk (Ukrainian: Борис Ілліч Олійник; Russian: Борис Ильич Олейник, Boris Ilyich Oleynik; 22 October 1935[1] – 30 April 2017) was a Soviet and Ukrainian poet, translator, and political activist.
Biography
[edit]The first works were published in 1950.[1]
Graduated from Kiev State University in 1958.[1]
He served in the Verkhovna Rada from 1992 to 2006 and was chairman of the Ukrainian Culture Fund.[2]
Before his death, Oliynyk was the most prominent representative of the national-communist movement within the Communist Party of Ukraine.[3]
While being Ukrainian, Oliynyk also officially adopted a Russian version of his last name as Oleynik.
Awards
[edit]- N. A. Ostrovsky Prize of the Ukrainian SSR (1964) [1]
- Hero of Ukraine (October 2005)[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Олейник Борис Ильич // Большая Советская Энциклопедия / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 18. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1974.
- ^ "Пішов з життя видатний український поет Борис Олійник" (in Ukrainian). slovoidilo.ua. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ Magda, Yevgeny (8 May 2017). "Week's milestones. May threats, Yanukovych case, and pause for Donbas". UNIAN. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ Pyatnitskaya, Sasha (1 May 2017). "Умер украинский поэт и писатель Борис Олейник". Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
Sources
[edit]- Сивоконь Г. Поэма: опыт и движение. Заметки о творчестве Бориса Олейника // журнал «Дружба народов», № 1, 1974.
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