Roman Ivanychuk
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Roman Ivanovych Ivanychuk (Ukrainian: Роман Іванович Iваничук, 27 May 1929 — 17 September 2016) was a Soviet and Ukrainian writer and politician.[1] He was the 1985 laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize. Between 1990 and 1994 he was a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada. In 2009, he received a title of Hero of Ukraine.[2]
Ivanychuk was born in Trach, currently in Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. He studied languages at University of Lviv and graduated in 1957. He worked as a school teacher between 1957 and 1963; he published short stories and novels since 1958. After 1963, Ivanychuk worked as an editor of Zhovten magazine until 1990. In 1995, he became a professor at University of Lviv and taught there until his death.[2] He died in Lviv in 2016.
Bibliography
[edit]Ivanychuk wrote around 15 historical novels, and a number of short-story collections. Some of his books were translated into French and Russian.[3]
- Prut nese kryhu (Прут несе кригу, Prut Carries Ice), short-story collection (1958);
- Ne rubayte yaseniv (Не рубайте ясенів, Do not Cut Ash Trees), short-story collection (1961);
- Pid sklepinniamy khramu (Під склепінням храму, Under the Vault of the Temple), short-story collection (1962);
- Krai bytoho shliakhu (Край битого шляху, The Edge of the Beaten Track), novel (1961);
- Topolyna zametil (Тополина заметіль, Poplar Blizzard), short-story collection (1965);
- Malvy (Мальви, Malvas), novel (1968); also published as Яничари;
- Dim na hori (Дім на горі, The House on the Mountain), short-story collection (1969);
- Syvi nochi (Сиві ночі, Grey Nights), short-story collection (1975);
- Misto (Місто, City), novel (1977);
- Cherlene vyno (Черлене вино, Dark Red Wine), novel (1977);
- Manuskrypt z vulyci Ruskoi (Манускрипт з вулиці Руської, Manuscript from the street Ruska), novel (1979);
- Na perevali (На перевалі, On the Mountain Pass), short-story collection (1980);
- Voda z kameniu (Вода з каменю, Water from Stone), novel (1982);
- Chetvertyi vymir (Четвертий вимір, Forth Dimension), novel (1984);
- Some nebo (Сьоме небо, Seventh Sky), novel (1985);
- Shramy na skali (Шрами на скалі, Scars on the Cliff), novel (1987);
- Zhuravlunyi kryk (Журавлиний крик, Crane's Cry), novel (1988);
- Bo viina viinoiu (Бо війна війною, Because the War is being the War), novel (1989);
- Orda (Орда, Horde), novel (1992);
- Vohnenni stovpy (Вогненні стовпи, Fire Pillars), novel (2006);
- Khresna proshcha (Хресна проща, The Procession of the Cross), novel (2011);
- Torhovytsa (Торговиця, Marketplace), novel (2012)
References
[edit]- ^ "Скончался украинский писатель Роман Иваничук" (in Russian). BBC. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Іваничук Роман Іванович" (in Ukrainian). Lviv University. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Ушел из жизни украинский писатель Роман Иванычук" (in Russian). Interfax. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- 1929 births
- 2016 deaths
- 20th-century Ukrainian writers
- 21st-century Ukrainian writers
- People from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- People from Stanisławów Voivodeship
- University of Lviv alumni
- First convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
- Recipients of the title of Hero of Ukraine
- Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize
- Ukrainian-language writers
- Soviet male writers
- Ukrainian historical novelists
- Ukrainian male writers
- Burials at Lychakiv Cemetery