Roman Ivanychuk Explained

Roman Ivanovych Ivanychuk (Роман Іванович Iваничук, 27 May 1929 — 17 September 2016) was a Soviet and Ukrainian writer and politician.^[1] He was the 1985 laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize. Between 1990 and 1994 he was a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada. In 2009, he received a title of Hero of Ukraine.^[2]

Ivanychuk was born in Trach, currently in Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. He studied languages at University of Lviv and graduated in 1957. He worked as a school teacher between 1957 and 1963; he published short stories and novels since 1958. After 1963, Ivanychuk worked as an editor of Zhovten magazine until 1990. In 1995, he became a professor at University of Lviv and taught there until his death.^[2] He died in Lviv in 2016.

Bibliography

Ivanychuk wrote around 15 historical novels, and a number of short-story collections. Some of his books were translated into French and Russian.^[3]

• Prut nese kryhu (Ukrainian: Прут несе кригу, Prut Carries Ice), short-story collection (1958);
• Ne rubayte yaseniv (Ukrainian: Не рубайте ясенів, Do not Cut Ash Trees), short-story collection (1961);
• Pid sklepinniamy khramu (Ukrainian: Під склепінням храму, Under the Vault of the Temple), short-story collection (1962);
• Krai bytoho shliakhu (Ukrainian: Край битого шляху, The Edge of the Beaten Track), novel (1961);
• Topolyna zametil (Ukrainian: Тополина заметіль, Poplar Blizzard), short-story collection (1965);
• Malvy (Ukrainian: Мальви, Malvas), novel (1968); also published as Яничари;
• Dim na hori (Ukrainian: Дім на горі, The House on the Mountain), short-story collection (1969);
• Syvi nochi (Ukrainian: Сиві ночі, Grey Nights), short-story collection (1975);
• Misto (Ukrainian: Місто, City), novel (1977);
• Cherlene vyno (Ukrainian: Черлене вино, Dark Red Wine), novel (1977);
• Manuskrypt z vulyci Ruskoi (Ukrainian: Манускрипт з вулиці Руської, Manuscript from the street Ruska), novel (1979);
• Na perevali (Ukrainian: На перевалі, On the Mountain Pass), short-story collection (1980);
• Voda z kameniu (Ukrainian: Вода з каменю, Water from Stone), novel (1982);
• Chetvertyi vymir (Ukrainian: Четвертий вимір, Forth Dimension), novel (1984);
• Some nebo (Ukrainian: Сьоме небо, Seventh Sky), novel (1985);
• Shramy na skali (Ukrainian: Шрами на скалі, Scars on the Cliff), novel (1987);
• Zhuravlunyi kryk (Ukrainian: Журавлиний крик, Crane's Cry), novel (1988);
• Bo viina viinoiu (Ukrainian: Бо війна війною, Because the War is being the War), novel (1989);
• Orda (Ukrainian: Орда, Horde), novel (1992);
• Vohnenni stovpy (Ukrainian: Вогненні стовпи, Fire Pillars), novel (2006);
• Khresna proshcha (Ukrainian: Хресна проща, The Procession of the Cross), novel (2011);
• Torhovytsa (Ukrainian: Торговиця, Marketplace), novel (2012)

Notes and References

1. News: Скончался украинский писатель Роман Иваничук. 18 September 2016. BBC. Russian. 17 September 2016.
2. Web site: Іваничук Роман Іванович. Lviv University. Ukrainian. 17 September 2016.
3. News: Ушел из жизни украинский писатель Роман Иванычук. 17 September 2016. Interfax. Russian. 20 September 2016.