Roman Ivanychuk

Roman Ivanychuk

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

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

  1. ^ "Скончался украинский писатель Роман Иваничук" (in Russian). BBC. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Іваничук Роман Іванович" (in Ukrainian). Lviv University. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Ушел из жизни украинский писатель Роман Иванычук" (in Russian). Interfax. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.