Oleksandr Oles
Oleksandr Oles ( Ukrainian Олександр Олесь ; * 23 November July / 5 December 1878 greg. In Bilopillja , Charkow Governorate , Russian Empire ; † July 22, 1944 in Prague , Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia ) was a representative as a Ukrainian writer and playwright of symbolism .
Oles was born as Oleksandr Ivanovytsch Kandyba (ukr. Олекса́ндр Іва́нович Канди́ба ) and published his works under the pseudonym Oleksandr Oles. He was the father of the Ukrainian poet, prehistorian and politician Oleh Olschytsch (1907–1944). Oles left his home country in 1919 and initially lived in Budapest, Vienna and Berlin. From 1923 he lived in exile in Prague in the Czech Republic and died in the German-occupied city in 1944, where he was buried in the Olschanski cemetery.
Web links
- Works by Oleksandr Oles (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography Oleksandr Oles on ukrclassic; accessed on August 23, 2016 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Life and work of Oleksandr Oles on nikinfo.net (Ukrainian)
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| SURNAME | Oles, Oleksandr |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Олесь, Олександр (Ukrainian); Kandyba, Oleksandr Ivanovych (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bilopillja , Kharkov Governorate , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1944 |
| Place of death | Prague , Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia |