Iryna Kalynez

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Iryna Onufrijiwna Kalynez ( Ukrainian Ірина Онуфріївна Калинець , Russian Ирина Онуфриевна Калинец , * 6. December 1940 in Lviv , † 31 July 2012 ibid) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, politician and in the 1970s, Soviet dissident . Her husband was the dissident and writer Ihor Kalynez .

The tomb of Iryna Kalynez

Iryna Kalynez graduated from the Ivan Franko University of Lviv with a degree in philology . She later taught Ukrainian literature and language before joining a human rights organization called “Schestidesjatniki” ( Russian Шестидеся́тники ) or “Children of XX. Party congresses ”. Kalynez was the editor of the banned human rights magazine Ukrainsky Wisnik ( Ukrainian Український Вісник ). She also publicly protested the detention of other dissidents. Kalynez and two other activists, Nadiya Svitlychna and Stefania Schabatura, were arrested for anti-Soviet propaganda. She was sentenced to six years in prison and another three years in exile .

Kalynez was able to return to Lviv in 1981 after completing his sentence. As a supporter of the Ukrainian independence movement, she soon joined the civil rights organizations Memorial and Ruch .

In 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union and Ukrainian independence , she was elected to the first Verkhovna Rada . As long as her state of health permitted, she continued to write.

Iryna Kalynez died on July 31, 2012 at the age of 71 after a long illness.

Awards and memories

In 1998 she was awarded the Order of Princess Olga .

Since 2013 the “International Educational Foundation” has awarded the Iryna Kalynez Prize.

A school in Lviv has been named after her since December 21, 2017.

Works (selection)

  • Вбивство тисячолітньої давності. Львів: [Місіонер], 1997. ISBN 966-7086-32-1 .
  • Гуни - нащадки Ізраїля. Львів: Місіонер, 1997. ISBN 966-7086-19-4 .
  • Загадки хрещення України-Руси. Львів: Місіонер, 2000. ISBN 966-7086-59-3 .
  • Пімбо-Бімбо. - Львів: Піраміда, 2000. ISBN 966-7188-15-9 .
  • Студії над «Словом о полку Ігоревім». Львів: Місіонер, 1999. ISBN 966-7086-59-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Dissident Iryna Kalnets Dies After Long Illness . In: Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain , July 31, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Померла поетеса-дисидентка Ірина Калинець . In: RISU , July 31, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012. 
  3. ↑ Тарас Салига . "Щоб не назвав нас ніхто пришельцями на рідній землі…" // " День ", № 225, 8 грудня 2010.
  4. ↑ website with information on the price, in Ukrainian, accessed on April 10th. 2019
  5. ↑ Львівським школам присвоїли імена Квітки Цісик та Ірини Калинець (Ukrainian, accessed April 12, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Kalynez, Iryna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kalynez, Iryna Onufrijiwna; Калинець, Ири́на Ону́фриевна (Ukrainian); Kalynec
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian poet, writer, politician and dissident
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Lviv
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 2012
Place of death Lviv