Mychajlo Stelmach
| Cyrillic ( Ukrainian ) | |
|---|---|
| Михайло Панасович Стельмах | |
| Transl. : | Mychajlo Panasovyč Stel'mach |
| Transcr. : | Mychajlo Panassowytsch Stelmach |
| Cyrillic ( Russian ) | |
| Михаил Афанасьевич Стельмах | |
| Transl .: | Michail Afanas'evič Stel'mach |
| Transcr .: | Michail Afanassjewitsch Stelmach |
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Mykhaylo Panassowytsch Stelmach (born March 11 . Jul / 24. March 1912 greg. In Djakiwzi , Podolia Governorate , Russian Empire ; † 27. September 1983 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) was a Ukrainian - Soviet writer of social realism .
Life
Mychajlo Stelmach was born in the village of Djakivzi in what is now Lityn Raion in the Ukrainian Oblast of Vinnytsia, the son of a poor farming family. He wrote about his childhood and youth in 1964 in his autobiographical novel “Die wilden Schwäne ziehn” (German edition 1970, Verlag Neues Leben Berlin) and in 1966 in “Christmas Eve”.
He studied between 1929 and 1933 at the literary department of the Pedagogical Institute in Vinnytsia and then worked until 1939 as a village teacher in the Kiev Oblast . During World War II he fought as a soldier in the Red Army in Belarus, where he was wounded twice. From 1945 to 1954 he worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Fine Arts, Folklore and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR .
His first book publication was in 1936. His writings were typical examples of socialist realism with clearly recognizable influence from Oleksandr Dowschenko . In 1958 he wrote the screenplay for the documentary Zhyvy Ukraïno! . He also wrote some children's books.
He was a member of the National Association of Writers of Ukraine and since 1978 a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR. The author lived since 1965 in the Kiev house of the writer “ Rolit ”. He died at the age of 71 in Kiev and was buried there in the Baikowe cemetery .
Honors
Stelmach received numerous medals, titles and other honors. Including:
- 1951 Stalin Prize
- 1961 Lenin Prize
- 1961 State Prize of the USSR
- 1962 Order of the Red Labor Banner
- 1972 hero of socialist labor
- 1980 Taras Shevchenko Prize for his novel "The Four Fords"
- Order of Lenin (he was awarded three times, including 1967 and 1972)
In 1987 a street in Kiev was named after him and in 2012 the Ukrainian Post issued a stamp in his memory.
Works (selection)
- Wait for me, Jarina!
- The wild swans are moving
- Our gander does sport
- The upright and the wrong
- Human blood is not water
- Homeland
Source:
Web links
- Memorial plaque for Mychailo Stelmach in Zaporizhia
- Biography Mychailo Stelmach in Ukrainian literature (Ukrainian)
- Article on the 30th anniversary of Mychailo Stelmach's death in fakty.ua (Russian)
- Short biography of Mychailo Stelmach in the Ukrainian electronic library (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e article on Stelmakh, Mykhailo in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine ; accessed on November 4, 2016
- ↑ Biography Stelmach in litmir.me; accessed on November 4, 2016 (Russian)
- ↑ a b c d e Entry on Mychailo Stelmach in the Encyclopedia of Kiev; accessed on November 4, 2016 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Profile on the website of the Taras Shevchenko Prize Committee , accessed on November 4, 2016 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ UA024.12 on Universal Postal Union (UPU); accessed on November 4, 2016
- ↑ DNB 118753428
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stelmach, Mychajlo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stelmach, Mychajlo Panasowytsch (full name); Стельмах, Михайло Панасович (Ukrainian); Stelmakh, Mykhailo (English transcription) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian-Soviet writer of socialist realism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Djakivtsi , Podolia Governorate , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1983 |
| Place of death | Kiev , Ukrainian SSR |