Ivan Karpenko-Karyi
Ivan Karpovych Tobilevych (Ukrainian: Іван Карпович Тобілевич, pronounced [iˈwɑn ˈkɑrpowɪtʃ tobiˈlɛwɪtʃ]; 29 September [O.S. 17 September] 1845 – 15 September [O.S. 2 September] 1907), more popularly known by his pseudonym Karpenko-Karyi (Карпенко-Карий, pronounced [kɐrˈpɛnko ˈkɑrɪj]) was a Ukrainian writer, playwright, actor, and erudite. He was designated as one of the luminaries of Ukrainian domestic theatre.
Ivan Karpenko-Karyi Іван Карпенко-Карий | |
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| Born | Ivan Karpovych Tobilevych (Іван Карпович Тобілевич) 29 September 1845 Arsenevka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Arsenivka, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine) |
| Died | 15 September 1907 (aged 61) Berlin, German Empire |
| Pen name | Hnat Karyi, K. Adamenko |
| Occupation | Playwright, actor, theater worker |
| Language | Ukrainian |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Period | 1884–1907 |
| Genre | Comedy, tragedy, drama |
| Literary movement | Realism |
| Spouse | Nadiia Tarkovska
(m. 1870; died 1881)Sofiia Tarkovska (m. 1883) |
| Children | Mariia Tolievych Kresan |
| Relatives | Karpo Tolievych (father) |
Born and raised in the village of Arsenivka, he was the brother of Mykola Sadovskyi, Panas Saksaganskyi, and Maria Sadovskyi-Barilotti. In 1870, he married Nadia Tarkovskyi. His works began in 1883 when he wrote Novobranets. The following year he was exiled to Novocherkassk, where he wrote his first drama. Back to Ukraine, and in the last stage of his life, he went to Berlin, where he died in 1907.
His works are eighteen plays, including satiric comedies such as The Wise Man and the Fool, Martyn Borulia, Hundred Thousand, and The Master. While The Vagabond, The Status Seekers, The Servant Girl, The Fortuneless Maiden, The Father's Tale, and Along the Dnieper are his dramas. Also the historical ethnographic plays, including A Madcap of the 18th Century and Sava Chalyi.