Ivan Antonovych Malkovych ( uk, Іва́н Анто́нович Малко́вич; born 10 May 1961 in ,

Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...

) is a noted

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

and

publisher Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

. He is the proprietor of the publishing house " A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA", which specializes in high quality (often illustrated) editions of Ukrainian literature and poetry, and has been a winner of many industry awards.

Biography

He completed his studies as a violinist at the Music college in Ivano-Frankivsk before entering

Kyiv University Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

in 1978, where he majored in Ukrainian philology. He was noted by poet

Dmytro Pavlychko Dmytro Pavlychko ( uk, Дмитро Васильович Павличко; born September 28, 1929) is a Ukrainian poet, translator, scriptwriter, culturologist, political and public figure. Biography Dmytro Pavlychko was born on September 2 ...

who took him under his wing. Malkovych was closely associated with the first Canadian-Ukrainian joint venture known as

Kobza The kobza ( uk , кобза), also called bandurka ( uk , бандурка) is a Ukrainian folk music instrument of the lute family ( Hornbostel-Sachs classification number 321.321-5+6), a relative of the Central European mandora. The term ''kobz ...

and was involved in the setting up of the Chervona Ruta festival of contemporary Music held in

Chernivtsi Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the upp ...

in 1989.

Career

Malkovych published 6 collections of his own verse: * "White Stone" («Білий камінь» 1984) * "The Key" («Ключ» 1988) * "Poems" («Вірші» (1992) * "An Angel on my Shoulder" («Із янголом на плечі» 1997) * "Winter Poems" («Вірші на зиму» (2006) * "All that's near" («Все поруч» (2010)

References

Ukrainian publishers (people) Ukrainian male poets Living people 1961 births People from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni Ukrainian violinists 21st-century violinists Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine {{Ukraine-writer-stub