Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny
| Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 12, 1894 Kozel, Russian Empire |
| Died |
December 4, 1925 (age 31) Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | poet, politician |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Period | 1920-1933 |
| Genre | poetry, publicistic writing |
Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny (Ukrainian: Василь Еллан-Блакитний), born Vasyl Ellansky (Ukrainian: Василь Елланський) was a Ukrainian poet, journalist and politician.
Ellansky was a founder of the Borotbists party, since 1920 he had been a member of Central committee of the Ukrainian Communist Party. In 1923 he found a literary organization of Ukrainian revolutionary writers "Hart" (Ukrainian: Гарт which means hardening). As his literary debut he had published symbolist poetry; Blakytny as one of the first in Ukrainian literature had been writing proletarian poetry; among his works were also satirical feuilletons and political publicistic.
He died of a heart disease aged 31. In 1930s his works were considered as a manifestation of Ukrainian nationalism and became prohibited; the monument of him in Kharkiv was demolished.
Sources
- Юрій Лавріненко. Розстріляне відродження: Антологія 1917–1933. — Київ: Смолоскип, 2004. (Ukrainian)
- Малий словник історії України / Відповідальний редактор Валерій Смолій. — К.: Либідь, 1997. (Ukrainian)
- Andrzej Chojnowski, Jan Bruski - "Ukraina", Warszawa 2006, ISBN 978-83-7436-039-5 (Polish)