| Borys Oliynyk | |
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| Born | Borys Ilich Oliynyk (1935-10-22)22 October 1935 Zachepylivka, Novi Sanzhary Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 30 April 2017(2017-04-30) (aged 81) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
Borys Illich Oliynyk (Ukrainian: Борис Ілліч Олійник; Russian: Борис Ильич Олейник, Boris Ilyich Oleynik; 22 October 1935 – 30 April 2017) was a Soviet and Ukrainian poet, translator, and political activist.
Biography
The first works were published in 1950.
Graduated from Kiev State University in 1958.
He served in the Verkhovna Rada from 1992 to 2006 and was chairman of the Ukrainian Culture Fund.
Before his death, Oliynyk was the most prominent representative of the national-communist movement within the Communist Party of Ukraine.
While being Ukrainian, Oliynyk also officially adopted a Russian version of his last name as Oleynik.
Awards
- N. A. Ostrovsky Prize of the Ukrainian SSR (1964)
- Hero of Ukraine (October 2005)
References
- ^ Олейник Борис Ильич // Большая Советская Энциклопедия / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 18. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1974.
- "Пішов з життя видатний український поет Борис Олійник" (in Ukrainian). slovoidilo.ua. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- Magda, Yevgeny (8 May 2017). "Week's milestones. May threats, Yanukovych case, and pause for Donbas". UNIAN. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- 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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