Leonid Vysheslavskyi
| Cyrillic ( Ukrainian ) | |
|---|---|
| Леонід Миколайович Вишеславський | |
| Transl. : | Leonid Mykolajovyč Vyšeslavs'kyj |
| Transcr. : | Leonid Mykolajowytsch Vysheslavskyi |
| Cyrillic ( Russian ) | |
| Леонид Николаевич Вышеславский | |
| Transl .: | Leonid Nikolaevič Vyšeslavskij |
| Transcr .: | Leonid Nikolajewitsch Vysheslavsky |
Leonid Mykolajowytsch Wyscheslawskyj (born March 5 . Jul / 18th March 1914 greg. In Mykolaiv , Kherson Gubernia , Russian Empire ; † 26. December 2002 in Kiev , Ukraine ) was a Soviet and Ukrainian writer and literary critic .
Life
From 1922 Vysheslavskyi studied at the Institute of Electrical Engineering and then at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Kharkiv . In 1938 he graduated from the Philological Faculty of the University of Kiev . In 1933 his first poems were published in the Moscow magazine Young Guard and in 1936 his first book in Kiev. During the Second World War he participated as a correspondent for a military magazine. He wrote philosophical texts and prose in Russian and Ukrainian and translated classical and modern Ukrainian works into Russian. Leonid Wyscheslavskyj lived in Kiev, where he died at the age of 88 and was buried there in the Baikowe cemetery .
Honors
In his honor, the asteroid (2953) discovered by Nikolai Tschernych on September 24, 1979 was named Vysheslavia in 1986 and in 1984 Vysheslavskyj received the Taras Shevchenko Prize, the State Prize of Ukraine. A memorial plaque was placed on the Rolit house in Kiev in which he lived.
Web links
- Biography Leonid Vysheslavskyj in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leonid Wyscheslavskyj's biography on niklib; accessed on October 31, 2016 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Leonid Wyscheslavskyj's biography on dovidka; accessed on November 1, 2016 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Minor Planet Circ. 11158
- ↑ Spin axis of (2953) Vysheslavia and its implications Science direct; accessed on November 1, 2016
- ↑ Leonid Wyscheslavskyj's biography on library.mk.ua; accessed on November 1, 2016 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Leonid Vysheslavsky: "I am the last writers in the Writers House ..." in day.kyiv.ua of 12 September 1998; accessed on October 31, 2016 (Ukrainian)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vysheslavskyi, Leonid |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wyscheslavskyj, Leonid Mykolajowytsch; Вишеславський, Леонід Миколайович |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet and Ukrainian writer and literary critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mykolaiv , Kherson Governorate , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 2002 |
| Place of death | Kiev , Ukraine |