Volodymyr Drosd
Volodymyr Hryhorowytsch Drosd ( Ukrainian Володимир Григорович Дрозд ; born August 25, 1939 in Petrushyn , Chernihiv Oblast , Ukrainian SSR ; † October 23, 2003 in Kiev , Ukraine ) was a Ukrainian writer and journalist.
Life
Volodymyr Drosd took up the job of a journalist for a local newspaper after leaving school. In 1963 he published his first book of short stories I Like Blue Stars ( Люблю сині зорі ), after which he was accepted into the Writers ' Union of Ukraine . From 1963 to 1966 he served as a conscript in the Soviet Army and then studied until 1968 at the Institute of Journalism at the Taras Shevchenko University in Kiev . Following his studies, he worked as a journalist for various newspapers and continued to work as a writer. Between 1982 and 1985 he was the first editor-in-chief of Kiev magazine . From 1992 on, Drosd headed the Literature Fund of Ukraine and was vice-chairman of the National Association of Writers of Ukraine .
Drosd was married to the Ukrainian poet and Taras Shevchenko Prize winner from 1996 Iryna Schylenko (1941-2013). His hobbies were gardening and chess. He died in Kiev in 2003, where he was buried in the Baikowe Cemetery .
Honors
Volodymyr Drosd was the winner of a large number of literary competitions and received numerous honors. Including:
- 1989 the badge of honor of the Soviet Union
- 1992 Taras Shevchenko Prize , National Prize of Ukraine for Culture
- 1999 the order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 5th class
Works (selection)
His main works were the novels and short stories:
- Olives ( Маслини , 1967)
- Semyrosum ( Семирозум , 1967)
- Yrij ( Ирій , 1974)
- Disaster ( Катастрофа , 1968)
- Performance ( Спектакль , 1985)
- Leaves of the earth ( Листя землі )
Source:
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short biography Wolodymyr Drosd on "dovidka.biz.ua" ; accessed on September 16, 2016 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ a b c d e f Short biography of Volodymyr Drosd on the official website of the Taras Shevchenko Prize Committee; accessed on September 16, 2016 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Volodymyr Drosd's biography in the "Library of Ukrainian Culture" ; accessed on September 16, 2016 (Ukrainian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drosd, Volodymyr |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Дрозд, Володимир Григорович (Ukrainian); Drosd, Volodymyr Hryhorowytsch (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Petrushyn , Chernihiv Oblast , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 2003 |
| Place of death | Kiev , Ukraine |