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Pavlo Hryhorovych Tychyna

パウロ・ヒリホローヴィチ・ティチナ

Pavlo Hryhorovych Tychyna

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1891-01-23 (Pisky, Chernihiv Oblast, Russian Empire (now Ukraine))
Died
1967-09-16 (Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine)) age 76
Nationality
Ukrainian
Languages
Ukrainian
Religion
Ukrainian Orthodox Church Baptized in 1891
Residence History
Kharkiv, Kyiv, Ufa

Career

Occupations
Poet, Translator, Publicist, Academician, Statesman, Minister of Education
Active Years
1912-1967
Affiliations
Head of the Institute of Literature of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
Memberships
Pluh, Hart, VAPLITE, Chervonyi Shliakh
Influenced By
Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky
Nominations
Nobel Prize in Literature nomination (1967)

Education

Chernihiv Theological Seminary
Theology
Period: 1907-1913
Year of Graduation: 1913
Country: Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Graduated
Kyiv Commercial Institute
Economics Department
Period: 1913-1917
Country: Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Did not finish

Awards

Stalin Prize
1941
Work: A Feeling of the Family United
Category: 文学
Organization: Soviet Government
Result: 受賞
Shevchenko National Prize
1962
Work: Selected Works in Three Volumes
Organization: Ukrainian Government
Result: 受賞
Hero of Socialist Labor
1967
Organization: Soviet Government
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Clarinets of the Sun

1918 Symbolism

A poetry collection with colorful imagery and dynamic rhythms, introducing Ukrainian symbolism known as clarinetism.

NaturePatriotism
Translations
  • Translated by Stephen Komarnyckyj

Translations of Works

  • The Raspberry’s Eyelash

Style & Themes

Literary Style
SymbolismClarinetismSocialist realism
Recurring Motifs
PatriotismCommunist praise

Legacy

Major Ukrainian poet, translator, and statesman who adapted to Stalinism, sparking controversy, but early works are highly regarded.

Museums

  • Pavlo Tychyna Museum Kyiv

In Popular Culture

  • Pop songs based on his poems (Kurs Valüt, Pyrih i Batih, Artem Pyvovarov and Nastya Kamenskykh)

Trivia

  • Composed lyrics for the Anthem of the Ukrainian SSR.
  • Nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967 but died that year.