Volodymyr Yavorivsky
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Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Yavorivsky is a Ukrainian
poet, writer, journalist and politician.
) Yavorivsky graduated from the Odessa State University as a specialist on "Ukrainian language and literature". He worked as an editor on the local radio, as a newspaper reporter ("Zaporizka pravda", "Literaturna Ukraina", "Prapor Yunosti"), a scriptwriter on Lviv
television, a literary consultant, a referent of the Writer's Union of Ukraine
and as the department chief and deputy editor to "Vitchizna" Magazine.
In late 1980s Yavorivsky began his active political career. He was a people's deputy of the last Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1989–1991 and became one of the founders of People's Movement of Ukraine
.
Volodymyr Yavorivsky took active part in defending the rights of the Chernobyl accident victims.
In the 4-th Verkhovna Rada
of Ukraine (2002–2006) Volodymyr Yavorivsky belonged to the Our Ukraine fraction and in the 5-th an 6-th (present) Rada convocation the to Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc fraction.
Yavorivsky combines parliamentary functions with the position of the Writer's Union of Ukraine
Chairman (appointed October 2001).
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...
poet, writer, journalist and politician.
Biography
Born in 1942 in Crijopol raion of Jugastru county (toaday part of Vinnytsia OblastVinnytsia Oblast
Vinnytsia Oblast is an oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Vinnytsia.-Geography:The area of the region is 26,500 km²; its population is 1.7 million....
) Yavorivsky graduated from the Odessa State University as a specialist on "Ukrainian language and literature". He worked as an editor on the local radio, as a newspaper reporter ("Zaporizka pravda", "Literaturna Ukraina", "Prapor Yunosti"), a scriptwriter on Lviv
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
television, a literary consultant, a referent of the Writer's Union of Ukraine
Writer's Union of Ukraine
National Writer's Union of Ukraine is a voluntary social-creative association of professional writers, poets, prosaists, playwrighters, critics, and translators.-Organisation:...
and as the department chief and deputy editor to "Vitchizna" Magazine.
In late 1980s Yavorivsky began his active political career. He was a people's deputy of the last Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1989–1991 and became one of the founders of People's Movement of Ukraine
People's Movement of Ukraine
The People's Movement of Ukraine is a Ukrainian center-right political party...
.
Volodymyr Yavorivsky took active part in defending the rights of the Chernobyl accident victims.
In the 4-th Verkhovna Rada
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...
of Ukraine (2002–2006) Volodymyr Yavorivsky belonged to the Our Ukraine fraction and in the 5-th an 6-th (present) Rada convocation the to Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc fraction.
Yavorivsky combines parliamentary functions with the position of the Writer's Union of Ukraine
Writer's Union of Ukraine
National Writer's Union of Ukraine is a voluntary social-creative association of professional writers, poets, prosaists, playwrighters, critics, and translators.-Organisation:...
Chairman (appointed October 2001).
Short story collections
- A yabluka padayut (The apples are falling), 1968
- Гроно стиглого винограду (A cluster of mature grapes), 1971
Sketch collections
- Kryla vygostreni nebom (Wings sharpened by heaven), 1975
- Tut na zemli (Here on the ground), 1977
- I v mori pamyatayu dzherelo (Remembering the source even at the sea), 1980
- Pravo vlasnogo imeni (The right of the own name), 1985
- Shcho my za narod takyi? (What a people are we?), 2002
Novels
- Lantsiugova reakciya (Chain reaction), 1978 about ChernobylChernobylChernobyl or Chornobyl is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, in Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. The city had been the administrative centre of the Chernobyl Raion since 1932....
- Oglyansya z oseni, 1979
- Avtoportret z uyavy (Biography of Catherine Bilokur), 1980
- Maria z polynom u kintsi stolittya, 1988, about the Chernobyl disasterChernobyl disasterThe Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine , which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities in Moscow...
- Kryza (Crisis), 2000