Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko (Ukrainian: Іван Якович Франко, pronounced [iˈwɑn ˈjɑkowɪtʃ frɐnˈkɔ]; 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, translator, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, and the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language.
Ivan Franko | |
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Franko in 1910 | |
| Native name | Іван Якович Франко |
| Born | 27 August 1856 Nahuievychi, Austrian Empire (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 28 May 1916 (aged 59) Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine) |
| Resting place | Lychakiv Cemetery |
| Pen name | Myron, Kremin, Zhyvyi |
| Occupation | poet, writer, political activist |
| Language | Ukrainian, Polish, German, Russian |
| Education | Franz-Josephs-Universität Czernowitz University of Vienna (PhD, 1893) |
| Period | 1874–1916 |
| Genre | epic poetry, short story, novels, drama |
| Literary movement | Realism, Decadent movement |
| Spouse |
Olha Fedorivna Khoruzhynska
(m. 1886) |
| Children | Andriy Petro Franko Taras Franko Hanna Klyuchko (Franko) |
He was a political radical, and a founder of the socialist and nationalist movement in western Ukraine. In addition to his own literary work, he also translated into Ukrainian the works of such renowned figures as William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Dante Alighieri, Victor Hugo, Adam Mickiewicz, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller. His translations appeared on the stage of the Ruska Besida Theatre. Along with Taras Shevchenko, he has had a tremendous influence on modern literary and political thought in Ukraine.