Dmytro Nytczenko ( uk, Дмитро Нитченко; literary

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s: Dmytro Chub or Ostap Zirchasty; February 21, 1905au/scripts/Items_listing.asp?S=1&F=1&O=0&T=I&C=4 Australian Government immigration documents
state his date of birth as 18 December 1906 – May 27, 1999) was a Russian Empire–born literary critic, novelist,

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, literary researcher, teacher, and

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who lived and worked in Australia. He was a laureate of the

Skovoroda Hryhorii Skovoroda, also Gregory Skovoroda or Grigory Skovoroda ( la, Gregorius Scovoroda; uk, Григорій Савич Сковорода, ''Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda''; russian: Григо́рий Са́ввич Сковорода́, ...

and Volodymyr Antonovych Prizes, and a member of the Writer's Union of Ukraine.

Personal life

Nytczenkowas born in

Zinkiv Zinkiv (, ) is a city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Zinkiv Raion. Population: Gallery File:Будинок (вул. Леніна, Зіньків).JPG, Modern architecture Modern architecture, or mode ...

Poltava Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administratively ...

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on February 21, 1905, and died on May 27, 1999, in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Australia.

Vasyl Symonenko Club of Victoria

In the 1954 Dmytro Nytczenko was the initiator, and then President of the Ukrainian

Vasyl Symonenko Vasyl Andriiovych Symonenko ( uk, Василь Андрійович Симоненко; 8 January 1935 – 13 December 1963) was a Ukrainian poet, journalist, activist of dissident movement. He is considered one of the most important figures in ...

Club of Victoria whose main objectives was educational, literary and cultural activities, including seminars.Australia Council (1984), ''Ethnic Arts Directory'', 3rd Edition, North Sydney. . Membership was open only to active and reputable authors and artists. Over 100 literary recitals and 'author's evenings' were held until 1995. This association also paid particular attention to younger writers, organising recitals for them and holding "Young Writers" creative writing competitions, for which it awarded monetary prizes.Mycak, S. (2004). "Demidenko/Darville: a Ukrainian-Australian point of view" in Maggie Nolan, Carrie Dawson (eds.) ''Who's who?: hoaxes, imposture and identity crises in Australian literature'', Univ. of Queensland Press, 2004. .

Publishing and editing work

One of Nytczenko's most important activities was the editing and production of ''Novy Obriy'' ( uk, Новій обрій—''The New Horizon''), a literary almanac published approximately every five years, beginning in 1954. Subtitled 'Literature, Art, Cultural Life', it remains the most significant journal and record of Ukrainian-Australian literary culture of the Ukrainian diaspora in Australia during the period of the second half of the 20th century. Nytczenko also compiled two

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: a collection of poetry entitled ''Z-pid evkaliptiv: poems'' ( uk, З-під евкаліптів—''From Under the Gumtrees: Poetry'') published in 1976; and ''On the Fence: An Anthology of Ukrainian Prose in Australia'' (translated into English by Yuri Tkach in 1985). In 1980 an anthology of poetry was published in

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by the local association, the Language and Literature Group of Adelaide, entitled ( uk, Південний хрест—''Southern Cross'').

Other works

* Chub D. (1953). ''Tze Trapylos v Avstraliyi'' (''Це трапилось в Австралії''—''It Happened in Australia''), Arncliffe, NSW. Illus. Short stories. * Chub D. (1953). ''Na Hadyuchomu Ostrovi'' (''На гадючому острові''—''On Snake Island''), Lastivka Press, Melbourne. * Chub D. (1954). ''Vovchenia'' (''Вовченя''—''The Wolf Cub'') * Chub D. (1958). (''В лісах під Вязмою: спогади про другу світову війну''—''In the Forests of Viazma: Memoirs from World War II''), Dniprova Khvylia, Munich. * Nytczenko, D. (1968). (''Український правописний словник''—''Ukrainian Orthographic Dictionary''), Lastivka, Melbourne * Chub D. (1975). ''Stezhkamy pryhod'' (''Стежками пригод''—''On Paths of Adventure''), Prosvita, Melbourne * Nytczenko, D. (1979). ''Theory of Literature and the Science of Stylistics'' (''Елементи теорії літератури і стилістики''), 2nd revised edition, Lastivka Press, Melbourne. * Chub D. (1983). ''West of Moscow'' (memories of World War II and German prisoner-of-war camps), Lastivka Press, Newport, Melbourne * Nytczenko, D. (1985). ''On the Fence: an anthology of Ukrainian prose in Australia'', Lastivka Press, Melbourne. * Nytczenko, D. (1985). ''Ukrainian Orthographic Dictionary'' (''Український ортографічний словник'') * Chub D. (1990). ''From Zinkiv to Melbourne'' (''Від Зінькова до Мельборну''), Volume 1 Bayda Book, Melbourne. a chronicle of author's life in Ukraine, Germany & arrival in Australia. 0908480245 / , * Nytczenko, D. & Lazorksky, M. (1990). , ("Lights and Shadows: a collection of historical essays, short stories, articles and recollections''), Slovo, Melbourne. * Nytczenko, D. (1994). ''Under the Sun of Australia'', Volume 2, Bayda Books, * Nytczenko, D. (2003). ''Liudyna ideyi'' (''Людина ідеї''—''A Man Driven by an Idea''), memoirs of family & friends about Ukrainian emigre writer from Australia, Kyіv

References

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