Volodymyr Hnatiuk
Encyclopedia
Volodymyr Hnatiuk was a Ukrainian
ethnographer, writer
, literary scholar, translator, and journalist
, and was one of the most influential and notable Ukrainian ethnographers.
Hnatiuk focused primarily on West Ukraine
, gathering information about folk songs, legends, customs and dialects, among other areas.
He was a close companion of Mykhailo Hrushevsky
and Ivan Franko
.
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
ethnographer, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, literary scholar, translator, and journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, and was one of the most influential and notable Ukrainian ethnographers.
Hnatiuk focused primarily on West Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, gathering information about folk songs, legends, customs and dialects, among other areas.
He was a close companion of Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman, one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century...
and Ivan Franko
Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language....
.