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Oles Honchar

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Oles Honchar

Aliases: Oleksandr Terentiiovych Honchar / Oleksandr Terentiiovych Bilychenko

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1918-04-03 (Lomivka (now part of Dnipro))
Died
1995-07-14 (Kyiv) age 77
Nationality
Soviet Union, Ukraine
Languages
Ukrainian
Residence History
Sukhe village (Poltava Governorate) → Dnipropetrovsk → Kyiv

Career

Occupations
writer, public figure, academician, soldier
Active Years
1938-1995
Affiliations
Writer's Union of Ukraine, World Peace Council

Education

Oles Honchar Dnipro National University
Department of Philology / Philology
Country: Ukraine
Shevchenko Institute of Literature
Literature
Country: Ukraine
NANU
Kharkiv University
Department of Philology / Philology
Country: Ukraine

Awards

Shevchenko National Prize
1962
Work: Person and Weapon
Organization: Ukraine
Result: 受賞
Lenin Prize
1964
Work: Tronka
Organization: Soviet Union
Result: 受賞
Stalin Prize
1948
Work: The Flag-Bearers (books 1-2)
Organization: Soviet Union
Result: 受賞
Stalin Prize
1949
Work: The Flag-Bearers (book 3)
Organization: Soviet Union
Result: 受賞
Hero of Ukraine
2005
Organization: Ukraine
Result: 受賞(追贈)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Cathedral

1968 Novel

Struggle for the revival of spirituality and historical memory.

spiritualityhistorical memorymorality

The Flag-Bearers

1946 Novel trilogy

Trilogy about the Great Patriotic War.

warheroism

Tronka

1963 Collection of novellas

Panorama of life in the Ukrainian steppe, addressing eradication of Stalinism.

everyday lifeStalinism

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Socialist realism
Recurring Motifs
warmoralityspirituality

Legacy

Prominent Ukrainian writer, representative of Socialist realism, influential despite censorship.

In Popular Culture

  • Featured on commemorative coins of Ukraine

Trivia

  • Born Bilychenko, took mother's surname Honchar.
  • WWII veteran.