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Dmytro Vasylyovych Pavlychko

ドミトロ・パウリチコ

Dmytro Pavlychko

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1929-09-28 （Stopchativ, Stanisławów Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic (now Stopchativ, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine)）
Died
2023-01-29 （Kyiv, Ukraine） age 93
Nationality
Ukrainian
Languages
Ukrainian, Russian, English

Career

Occupations
poet, translator, scriptwriter, culturologist, politician, diplomat
Active Years
1950-2023
Affiliations
National Writers' Union of Ukraine, Writers' Union of the USSR (secretary), Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (professor), Ukrainian World Coordinating Council (chairman)
Memberships
Founding member of People's Movement of Ukraine (Rukh), National Writers' Union of Ukraine
Influenced By
Andriy Malyshko, Ivan Drach, William Shakespeare
Influenced
Younger generation of Ukrainian poets and cultural figures

Education

University of Lviv
Faculty of Philology / Philology
Period: 1950–1953
Year of Graduation: 1953
Country: Ukraine
Graduated from the Faculty of Philology in 1953

Awards

Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1960
Organization: Government of the Soviet Union
Result: 受賞
Order of the Badge of Honour
1967
Organization: Government of the Soviet Union
Result: 受賞
Shevchenko National Prize
1977
Work: Love and Hatred
Organization: Shevchenko Prize committee / Ukrainian cultural institutions
Result: 受賞
Order of Friendship of Peoples
1979
Organization: Government of the Soviet Union
Result: 受賞
International Botev Prize
1986
Organization: Botev Prize organization
Result: 受賞
Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
1997
Organization: Government of Ukraine
Result: 受章
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
1999
Organization: Office of the President of Ukraine
Result: 受章
Antonovych prize
2004
Organization: Antonovych Foundation
Result: 受賞
Hero of Ukraine
2004
Organization: Office of the President of Ukraine
Result: 授与
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class
2009
Organization: Office of the President of Ukraine
Result: 受章
Order of Liberty (Ukraine)
2015
Organization: Office of the President of Ukraine
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Love and Hatred

1953 Poetry collection 120 pages

Early poetry collection using contrasts and paradoxes to link personal emotion with social and historical themes.

love and hatredindividual and historynational identity
Translations
  • Included in English selected poems 'Two Colors of the Soul'

Pravda klyche (The Truth Calls)

1958 Poetry collection 80 pages

Collection from the 1950s that included poems deemed politically sensitive and which faced censorship and confiscation.

social critiquepolitics and the individual

Two Colours (Dva koliory)

1964 Poem (set to song) 10 pages

One of his best-known poems, popularized as a song and resonant with Ukrainian national sentiment.

nostalgianational identitymemory
Adaptations
  • [Song] Two Colours (song) (1964)

Bibliography

  • Lyubov i nenavist (Love and Hatred), 1953
  • Moya zemlya (My Land), 1953
  • Chorna nytka (Black Thread), 1958
  • Pravda klyche (The Truth Calls), 1958
  • Granoslov, 1968
  • Sonety podilskoy oseny (Podillian autumn sonnets), 1973
  • Taemnytsya tvogo oblychchia (Mystery of Your Face), 1974
  • Pokayanni psalmy (Repentance Psalms), 1994

Adaptations

  • The poem 'Two Colours' was set to music and has been widely performed and recorded

Translations by Author

  • Translations of Dante (Divine Comedy) and others
  • Translations of William Shakespeare

Translations of Works

  • Two Colors of the Soul: The Selected Poetry of Dmytro Pavlychko (English selection)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
plain-spoken and direct dictionfrequent use of contrasts and paradox blending of public/political discourse with personal emotion
Recurring Motifs
contrast of love and hatredhistory and national identitymaternal and family imagery

Legacy

A major figure in Ukrainian literature and culture — a poet and translator who also played a significant political role (co-author of the declaration of state sovereignty) and served as a diplomat and cultural leader.

Museums

  • National Museum of Literature of Ukraine (hosted anniversary events) Kyiv, Ukraine

Academic Societies

  • Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Language Society
  • Prosvita (revival movement)

Archives

  • Materials held in national libraries and archives of Ukraine

In Popular Culture

  • The poem 'Two Colours' was adapted as a song and became widely popular nationally

Quotes

  • “I would have much greater opportunities to work for the preservation of the Ukrainian language and the Ukrainian culture. And this was the basis of my Party membership.”
    Source: Interview (1992) (1992)

Trivia

  • Joined the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) briefly at age 16 and was later imprisoned.
  • Co-author of Ukraine's Declaration of State Sovereignty (leading to independence).
  • His poem 'Two Colours' became widely known after being set to music.