Ihor Kalynez

Ihor Kalynez, 2007

Ihor Myronowytsch Kalynez ( Ukrainian Ігор Миронович Калинець , scientific transliteration Igor Kalynec ; born July 9, 1939 in Chodoriw ) is a Ukrainian poet and writer. He was one of the representatives of the "60s", a producer and dissident in self-publishing . Kalynez is the author of 17 poetic anthologies written between the early 1960s and 1981. He is an honorary doctor of the national Ivan Franko University of Lviv.

He was married to Iryna Kalynez .

biography

Kalynez was born in Chodoriw near Lviv . From 1956 to 1961 he studied philology at the University of Lviv . After graduating, he worked in the main Lviv Archives. In 1972 he was sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment and 3 years of forced deportation because of his involvement in a dissident movement. After returning to Lviv, he began working as a magazine editor in the cultural department. His poetic activity can be divided chronologically into 2 parts: 9 books written before his conviction in 1972 (only the first of them, “Wogonj Kupala”, was published in Ukraine in 1966. The others were published by himself.) And 8, the were written during his detention and deportation (until 1991 they only existed as a self-publication ). In 1991 two volumes of his poetry were published: "Awakened Muse" (Warsaw), "Enslaved Muse" (Baltimore-Toronto). In the same year an anthology of his selected works “13 Analogies” was published in Ukraine. Also some books with children's poems were published, which were sold not only in Ukraine, but also in countries with a significant number of Ukrainians (Kazakhstan, Canada, USA, Argentina).

Honors

2008 Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 5th grade for significant personal contribution to the development of national culture, for creative activity and for high professionalism
2005 honorary citizen of Lviv
1999 Order of Freedom for civic courage in the defense of the ideals of freedom and justice as well as for his literary work
1992 Ukrainian state award Taras Shevchenko Prize for the book "13 Analogies"
In 1992 Kalynez received the Wassyl Stus Prize.
In 1977 he was honored with the Ivan Franko Prize by the Ukrainian diaspora in Chicago.

"Knowledge and ignorance about Antonytsch"

The two editions differ, except in the cover, which was made by western Ukrainian modern artists in the 1930s, in that the text is more extensive. In addition, the expression is much more direct and straightforward. It was written on factographic material. It is still considered the most important source for the biography of one of the most important Ukrainian writers of the 20th century. “Knowing and not knowing about Antonytsch” answers a number of questions that readers and appreciators of Antonytsch's work asked themselves for a long time and that interested Kalynez before researching it. The author experienced many of the events described in the book (the discovery of Antonych's grave, as well as events between the 1960s and 1980s that served to popularize his work) as its initiator and active participant. Kalynez had the idea of writing a book about Antonytsch on his 100th anniversary.

Danilo Ilyanitskij and Olga Djadintschuk also contributed to the book. Ilyanitsky, the writer who compiled the “Complete Collection of Creation” (Lviv, 2009), wrote the “University” chapter. Djadinchuk wrote the chapter "Antonych in Boratyn". Boratyn is a settlement in Lviv Oblast, where Antonych's parents lived for a long time (they are also buried there) and where he himself spent a lot of time.

The edition contains the following chapters: "Childhood", "High School", "University", "Circle of Ukrainians", "ANUM", "UTB", "Levandowka", "Antonytsch in Boratyn", "Publications", "Dovbusch Opera" , “Creation Process”, “Friends”, “Illness”, “Burial”, “Portrait”, “Grave”, “Bride” and “Archive”.

The value of the book lies in the " appendices " - there are articles by Dmitrij Buchensky , Valerjan Rebutsky , Irina Kalynez, Ivan Grechka and letters from Olga Olejnik to father Iosef Kladotschnij and Mikoli Newrilij , the KGB documents from 1897 and the list of all winners of the “Welcoming Life” competition in honor of Bohdan Antonytsch. The book ends with the poem of one of the contestants, a Ukrainian poet named Roman Tarnawskij .

Selected publications

«Знание и Незнание про Антоныча» [ Knowledge and ignorance about Antonych ]
«Сказки из Львова» [ Fairy tales from Lviv ]
«Глупые сказки» [ Silly fairy tales ]
«Терновый цвет любви: Малая книжка любовной лирики» [ The thorny color of love: The little book of love poetry ]
«Почти сказки, о возвращении Девы Марии» [ Almost a fairy tale about the return of the Virgin Mary ]
«Одержимость (Интервью Юрия Зайцева с Игорем Каленцом)» [ Obsession (Interview Yuri Saizev with Ihor Kalynez) ]
«Господин Никто: Длинная сказка» [ Mr Nobody: a long fairy tale ]
«Небылицы про котика и кошечку» [ Fables about Qatars and Kittens ]

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Entry on Kalynets, Ihor in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine ; accessed on July 25, 2019

personal data
SURNAME	Kalynez, Ihor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kalynez, Ihor Michajlowitsch; Калинець, Ігор Миронович (Ukrainian); Kalynec, Igor (scientific transliteration)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ukrainian poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 9, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chodoriv

[1] Entry on Kalynets, Ihor in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine ; accessed on July 25, 2019