Ivan Semenovych Nechuy-Levytsky (born Levytsky; – 2 April 1918) was a well-known Ukrainian writer.

Biography

Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky was born on to the family of a peasant priest in Stebliv (

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in central Ukraine). In 1847 he entered the Bohuslav religious school. Upon graduation from the Kiev Theological Academy in 1865, he taught Russian language, history, and geography in the Poltava Theological Seminary (1865–1866) and, later, in different gymnasiums in

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Bibliography

* 'Zhyttiepys' Ivana Levyts’koho (Nechuia), napysana nym samym,’ S’vit, no. 7 (1888) * Iefremov, Serhii. Nechui-Levyts’kyi (Kyiv 1924) * Mezhenko, Iurii. 'Ivan Semenovych Nechui-Levyts’kyi,’ Tvory, 1 (Kyiv 1926) * Bilets’kyi, Oleksander. 'Ivan Semenovych Levyts’kyi (Nechui),’ Tvory v chotyr’okh tomakh, 1 (Kyiv 1956) * Pokhodzilo, M. Ivan Nechui-Levyts’kyi (Kyiv 1960) * Krutikova, N. Tvorchist' I.S. Nechuia-Levyts’koho (Kyiv 1961) * Ivanchenko, R. Ivan Nechui-Levyts’kyi: Narys zhyttia i tvorchosti (Kyiv 1980) * Tarnawsky Maxim, ''The all-encompassing eye of Ukraine: Ivan Nechui-Levyts'kyi’s realist prose'', Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2015, 384 pp., (in English)

Screen adaptations

* Kaidash's Family (1993–1996) — a 2-episode mini-series directed by Volodymyr Horodko for the Kozak Consortium. * To Catch the Kaidash (2020) — a 12-episode television series based on Kaidash's family novel, adapted by Natalka Vorozhbyt and produced by STB channel.

References

External links

Encyclopedia of Ukraine
Vol. 3. 1993 * Krys Svitlana
‘Book review: the all-encompassing eye of Ukraine: Ivan Nechui-Levyts'kyi’s realist prose, by Maxim Tarnawsky…’
''Canadian Slavonic Papers'', 30 Jun 2016 (online publication date) 1838 births 1918 deaths Ukrainian dramatists and playwrights Hromada (society) members Ukrainian male writers Burials at Baikove Cemetery {{Ukraine-writer-stub