Hryhir Tjutjunnyk
Hryhir Mychajlowytsch Tjutjunnyk ( Ukrainian Григір Михайлович Тютюнник ; born December 5, 1931 in Schyliwka , Poltava Oblast , Ukrainian SSR ; † March 6, 1980 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR) was a Ukrainian writer.
Life
Hryhir Tjutjunnyk was born as the younger brother of the writer Hryhorij Tjutjunnyk (1920–1961). He completed a five-year course at the University of Kharkiv until 1962 and from the end of 1963 worked in the editorial offices of the newspapers Literaturna Ukrajina ( Літературна Україна ), Molod ( Молодь ) and Wesselka ( Веселка ) and as a scriptwriter for the artistic film studios in Kiev. His first book was published in 1961. Since he did not write in the style of the given socialist realism , his works received poor reviews from Soviet literary critics, which drove him to suicide in 1980 at the age of 48 . He was buried in Kiev in the Baikowe cemetery .
Honors
In 1980 Hryhir Tjutjunnyk received the Lesja-Ukrajinka -Literature Prize of the Ukrainian SSR and in 1989 he was posthumously awarded the Taras Shevchenko Prize , the national prize of Ukraine.
Works (selection)
- The Steppe Tale , Kiev, Dnipro Publishing 1988
- Klymko , Berlin, children's book publisher 1982
- Co-author of Der Weg aus der Kindheit , Berlin, Volk und Welt Verlag 1977
Web links
- Literature by and about Hryhir Tjutjunnyk in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article on Tiutiunnyk, Hryhir in the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies / University of Toronto; English); accessed on September 7, 2016
- ↑ Biography Hryhir Tjutjunnyk ; accessed on September 7, 2016 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ a b Interview with the widow of Hryhir Tjutjunnyk and short biography on vox.com.ua December 11, 2006; accessed on September 7, 2016 (Ukrainian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tjutjunnyk, Hryhir |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tjutjunnyk, Hryhir Mychajlowytsch (full name); Тютюнник, Григір Михайлович (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shylivka , Poltava Oblast , Ukrainian SSR |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1980 |
| Place of death | Kiev , Ukrainian SSR |