Marko Woronyj
Marko Mykolajowytsch Woronyj ( Ukrainian Марко Миколайович Вороний ; born March 5 . Jul / 18th March 1904 greg. In Chernihiv , Chernigov Governorate , Russian Empire ; † 3. November 1937 in Sandarmoch , Karelia , Soviet Union ) was a Ukrainian poet and translator. He belonged to the Ukrainian generation of executed rebirth artists .
Life
Marko Woronyj was born in Chernihiv as the son of the Ukrainian writer Mykola Woronyj and grandson of the writer Mykola Werbyzkyj (1843–1909; Микола Андрійович Вербицький ). He started writing in 1920; from 1925 his works were published under the pseudonym Antiochus in Lviv . He wrote poems, stories and fairy tales for children. In 1933 he moved to Moscow, where he worked for almost a year. In 1935 he was arrested by the NKVD and accused of belonging to a nationalist group. As a traitor and enemy of the people, he was sentenced to eight years in a camp, which he served on the Solovetsky Islands . After the case was examined by the NKVD in Leningrad in 1937 , he was sentenced to death and executed in Sandarmoch, Karel, together with many other Ukrainian artists.
Web links
- Biography of Marko Woronyj on ukrlib.com.ua (Ukrainian)
- Article about Marko Woronyj on incognita.day.kyiv.ua (Ukrainian)
- Biography of Marko Woronyj on 1576.ua (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Marko Woronyj in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ; accessed on November 16, 2019 (Ukrainian)
- ^ Entry on Marko Woronyj in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine ; accessed on November 16, 2019
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| SURNAME | Woronyj, Marko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Voronyj, Marko Mykolaovych (full name); Вороний, Марко Миколайович (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian poet and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chernihiv , Chernihiv Governorate , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 1937 |
| Place of death | Sandarmoch , Karelia , Soviet Union |