Dmytro Pavlychko ( uk, Дмитро Васильович Павличко; born September 28, 1929) is a

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poet,

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, scriptwriter, culturologist, political and public figure.

Biography

Dmytro Pavlychko was born on September 28, 1929 in a

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worker family living in the village of Stopchatove near the

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. Today this place is near town of

Yabluniv Yabluniv ( uk, Яблунів, pl, Jabłonów, yi, יאבלונוב, Yablanov, russian: Яблонoв) is an urban-type settlement in Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the river Luchka, from Kolomyia ...

Kosiv Raion Kosiv Raion ( uk, Ко́сівський райо́н, translit=Kosiwśkyj rajon) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine. The city of Kosiv is the administrative center of the raion. Population: . Subdivisions On 18 July 2020 ...

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukrain ...

. In 1945–1946 years he spent about 12 month in Soviet prison for alleged accusations of participation in UPA activities. There he celebrated his 16th birthday. Later

Andriy Malyshko Andriy Samiylovych Malyshko ( uk, Андрій Самійлович Малишко; born in Obukhiv, Kyiv Governorate, Russian Empire - died 17 February 1970 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union) was a Soviet and Ukrainian poet, translato ...

teasing called Pavlychko a " Banderovite broth cook". In 1953 Pavlychko graduated from

Lviv University The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...

(Department of

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), worked in "Zhovten" (now, "Dzvin") Magazine. Coming later to

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

he worked in the office of the

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and in 1971–1978 as an editor at "Vsesvit" ("Universe") Magazine. In his poetry works of

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period, first of which ("Love and hatred") was published in 1953, Pavlychko presented himself as publicist and civil activist, though constrained by that time censorship and compromising with existing rules. For that literary work he was awarded the

Shevchenko National Prize Shevchenko National Prize ( uk, Націона́льна пре́мія Украї́ни і́мені Тараса́ Шевче́нка; also ''Shevchenko Award'') is the highest state prize of Ukraine for works of culture and arts awarded since ...

in 1977. Besides writing own verses, he translated into Ukrainian language the poems of

Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...

Francesco Petrarca Francesco Petrarca (; 20 July 1304 – 18/19 July 1374), commonly anglicized as Petrarch (), was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited w ...

Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known as Michelangelo (), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was insp ...

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

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Nikola Vaptsarov Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov ( bg, Никола Йонков Вапцаров; 7 December 1909 – 23 July 1942) was a Bulgarian poet, communist and revolutionary. Working most of his life as a machinist, he only wrote in his spare time. Despite the ...

etc. Many of Pavlychko poems were used for songs,, song on poem by Dmytro Pavlychko, composed and performed by

Larisa Novoseltseva Larisa Novoseltseva (russian: link=no, Лариса Новосельцева) is a Russian singer-songwriter, composer, performer of Russian and Ukrainian folk songs and romances, and creator of project ''Return of the Silver Age''. She is author ...

most popular and famous of which is "Dva Koliory" ("Two colours"). In late 80-s Dmytro Pavlychko was one of the founders of

People's Movement of Ukraine The People's Movement of Ukraine ( uk, Народний Рух України, Narodnyi Rukh Ukrayiny) is a Ukrainian political party and first opposition party in Soviet Ukraine. Often it is simply referred to as the Movement ( uk, Рух, R ...

, participated in the renewal of "

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" Society as well as taking an active part in elaboration of the Act on Independence of Ukraine which was approved on August 24, 1991. In 90-s Pavlychko was the

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of Ukraine to

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and

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. Pavlychko was elected to the

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in 1990–1999, 2005 He is an honorary Doctor of Science of Lviv and Warsaw Universities, professor of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the

Hero of Ukraine Hero of Ukraine (HOU; uk, Герой України, ''Heroi Ukrainy'') is the highest national title that can be conferred upon an individual citizen by the President of Ukraine. The title was created in 1998 by President Leonid Kuchma and as ...

Awards

Antonovych prize The Antonovych Prize is an annual award of US$10,000 given by the Omelian and Tetiana Antonovych Foundation since 1981 for literary works written in Ukrainian and for research in Ukrainian studies. Institutions, individuals, and members of the pri ...

(2004)

Published works

* Lyubov i nenavist ("Love and hatred"), 1953. * Moya zemlya ("My land"), 1953. * Chorna nytka ("Black thread"), 1958. * Pravda klyche ("Truth is calling"), 1958. * Granoslov, 1968. * Sonety podilskoy oseny ("Podillian autumn sonnets"), 1973. * Taemnytsya tvogo oblychchia ("Mystery of your face"), 1974, 1979. * Magistralyamy slova ("Through word's highways"), literary criticism, 1978. * Nad glybynamy ("Upon the depths"), literary criticism, 1984. * Spiral, 1984. * Poemy i pritchi ("Poems and parables"), 1986. * Bilya muzhniogo slova ("Next to the courageous word"), literary criticism, 1988. * Pokayanni psalmy ("Repentance psalms"), 1994. * World sonnets (translation), 1983.

His books

* Dmytro Vasylovych Pavlychko. (2004). ''Ukrainska Natsionalna Ideia : Statti, Vystupy, Interv'iu, Dokumenty'', Vyd-vo Solomii Pavlychko Osnovy. . * Dmytro Vasylovych Pavlychko. (2002). ''Naperstok : Poezii'', Vyd-vo Solomii Pavlychko Osnovy. . * Dmytro Vasylovych Pavlychko. (2002). ''Ukrainska Natsionalna Ideia'', Vydavnychyi dim KM Akademiia. . * Dmytro Vasylovych Pavlychko. (1988). ''Bilia Muzhnoho Svitla : Literaturno-Krytychni Statti, Spohady, Vystupy'', Rad. pysmennyk. .

References

External links

Poems of Dmytro Pavlychko in the Library of Ukrainian Poetry

Poems of Dmytro Pavlychko

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