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

External links

• Roman Ivanychuk at Find a Grave