Borys Oliynyk (poet)

Borys Oliynyk
Born
Borys Ilich Oliynyk

(1935-10-22)22 October 1935
Zachepylivka, Novi Sanzhary Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died30 April 2017(2017-04-30) (aged 81)
Kyiv, Ukraine
NationalityUkrainian

Borys Illich Oliynyk (Ukrainian: Борис Ілліч Олійник; Russian: Борис Ильич Олейник, Boris Ilyich Oleynik; 22 October 1935[1] – 30 April 2017) was a Soviet and Ukrainian poet, translator, and political activist.

Biography

The first works were published in 1950.[1]

Graduated from Kiev State University in 1958.[1]

He served in the Verkhovna Rada from 1992 to 2006 and was chairman of the Ukrainian Culture Fund.[2]

Before his death, Oliynyk was the most prominent representative of the national-communist movement within the Communist Party of Ukraine.[3]

While being Ukrainian, Oliynyk also officially adopted a Russian version of his last name as Oleynik.

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d Олейник Борис Ильич // Большая Советская Энциклопедия / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 18. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1974.
  2. ^ "Пішов з життя видатний український поет Борис Олійник" (in Ukrainian). slovoidilo.ua. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. ^ Magda, Yevgeny (8 May 2017). "Week's milestones. May threats, Yanukovych case, and pause for Donbas". UNIAN. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. ^ Pyatnitskaya, Sasha (1 May 2017). "Умер украинский поэт и писатель Борис Олейник". Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Retrieved 15 June 2017.

Sources

  • Сивоконь Г. Поэма: опыт и движение. Заметки о творчестве Бориса Олейника // журнал «Дружба народов», № 1, 1974.
  • Выступление Бориса Олейника // "Литературная газета", № 7 (5125) от 11 февраля 1987 года, стр.1-2
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