Roman Mykhailovych Kudlyk ( uk, Рома́н Миха́йлович Ку́длик; 4 May 1941 Jaroslaw,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

– 21 January 2019)Помер відомий український поет, багаторічний редактор журналу «Дзвін» Роман Кудлик
was a Ukrainian poet and writing critic.

Early life and education

Kudlyk was born in a family of a serviceman. In 1945 he moved to

Drohobych Drohobych ( uk, Дрого́бич, ; pl, Drohobycz; yi, דראָהאָביטש;) is a city of regional significance in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Drohobych Raion and hosts the administration of Drohobych urban hro ...

. In 1958 he obtained his general education in

. In 1959 he enrolled in

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 ...

and graduated in 1964.

Career

Kudlyk then obtained work as an electrician at the local oil refinery, newspaper and a magazine called ''October''. He also worked also at the Lvivian TV-studio as the head of the literal department of the Lviv regional concert hall. His writing was first published in 1957 by newspapers and magazines and then later in the collective volumes ''Apple bloom'' (, 1961) and ''Godspeed'' (, 1962). He had been a member of the National Society of Writers (

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

) since 1965. He was the author of the lyrics to Volodymyr Ivasiuk's songs, I am your wing («», 1972), «» (1978), «». His writings have been put to music in the songs of Ihor Bilozir («»), and Bohdan Yanivsky. He wrote a libretto to several opera works of Bohdan Yanivsky, «» (after the roman of Roman Ivanchuk «»), ''Princess Frog'' «», ''Golden chatter'' «» (by

Pavlo Tychyna Pavlo Hryhorovych Tychyna ( uk, Павло Григорович Тичина; – September 16, 1967) was a major Ukrainian poet, translator, publicist, public activist, academician, and statesman. He composed the lyrics to the Anthem of the Ukra ...

), and musicals «», ''Ring of Temptation'' «». He received the Lviv regional award of and in 1997 the Literal award of for the series of poems ''Night time grape-picking''. He was the head of the magazine and lived in

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

, where he died on 21 January 2019. Some of his works were translated in several languages, including English, Bulgarian, Latvian, Russian, Romanian and French.

Publications

*''Conversation'' (Rozmova, 1963) *''Springtime billyard'' (Vesniany bilyard, 1968) *''Apple streetlamps'' (Yablunevi likhtari, 1979) *''Leaves of a wild grape'' (Lystia dykoho vynohradu)(Horishnia brama, 1991)

References

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