Osyp Yuriy Fedkovych ( uk, О́сип Ю́рій Федько́вич , translit=Osyp Jurij Feďkovyč, 8 August 1834,

Putyla Putyla ( uk, Путила; ro, Putila) (formerly ''Storonets-Putyliv'', uk, Сторонець-Путилів) is an urban-type settlement in Vyzhnytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Puty ...

- 11 January 1888,

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 ...

) was a Ukrainian writer, poet, folklorist and translator.

Biography

Fedkovych lived in

, where he was a closed associate of Rudolf Neubauer, the editor of ''Bukowina'', the first German literary supplement in the city, and also the creator of the German language literary circle in Chernivtsi. He edited the first Ukrainian-language newspaper in

Bukovina Bukovinagerman: Bukowina or ; hu, Bukovina; pl, Bukowina; ro, Bucovina; uk, Буковина, ; see also other languages. is a historical region, variously described as part of either Central or Eastern Europe (or both).Klaus Peter BergerT ...

. In 1989

Chernivtsi University Chernivtsi National University (full name Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, uk, Чернівецький національний університет імені Юрія Федьковича) is a public university in the City o ...

was renamed Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University in his memory.

Works

* ' The soldier's daughter'. Translated by Roma Franko. In Sonia Morris, ed., ''From days gone by: selected prose fiction'', Toronto: Language Lanterns Publications, 2008.

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* 1834 births 1888 deaths People from Chernivtsi Oblast Ukrainian folklorists Ukrainian translators Newspaper editors 19th-century journalists Male journalists 19th-century translators 19th-century Ukrainian poets Ukrainian male poets 19th-century male writers Translators of William Shakespeare Translators of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German-language poets {{Ukraine-writer-stub