Bohdan Ihor Antonych

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Bohdan Ihor Antonych Богдан-Ігор Антонич
Antonych in the 1930s
Born	(1909-10-05)October 5, 1909 Nowica, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Died	6 June 1937(1937-06-06) (aged 27) Lviv, Poland
Occupation	poet, writer, translator, literary critic
Nationality	Ukrainian
Citizenship	Austria-Hungary West Ukrainian People's Republic Ukrainian People's Republic Poland
Alma mater	Lviv University
Period	1931   37
Parents	Vasyl Antonych [uk] (father)

Bohdan-Ihor Vasyliovych Antonych (Ukrainian: Богдан-Ігор Васильович Антонич; 5 October 1909 – 6 July 1937) was a 20th-century Ukrainian poet.^[1] In 1934 Antonych received third prize honours from the Ivan Franko Society of Writers and Journalists for his work Three Signet Rings.^[2]

Biography[edit]

Antonych was born and raised in the Lemko village of Nowica where his father, Vasyl, was a parish priest. In 1928 Antonych left Nowica to study at Lviv University, where he remained until he received his degree in Slavic studies in 1933.^[3] In order to help finance his chosen career of professional writer, he occasionally worked as an editor for journals such as Dazhboh and Karby. Antonych died from pneumonia on 6 July 1937.^[3] In October 2009, the National Bank of Ukraine issued a commemorative coin in his honor as a part of their "Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine" series.^[4]

In his poetry he combines the principles of imagism with a life-affirming paganism inspired by Lemko folklore. He declared himself "a pagan in love with life" and "a poet of spring intoxication".^[1]

Selected works[edit]

• Autobiography (Автобіографія)
• The Green Gospel (Зелена Євангелія). Lviv, 1938
• Book of the Lion (Книга Лева). Lviv, 1936;
• На другому березі (unfinished)
• Welcome to Life [Привітання життя]. Lviv, 1931;
• Song on the Indestructibility of Matter (Пісня про незнищенність матерії)
• Rotations (Ротації). Lviv, 1938.
• Three Rings (Три перстені). Lviv, 1934;
• Ukrainian translations of Rainer Maria Rilke's works

Further reading[edit]

• The Essential Poetry of Bohdan Ihor Antonych: Ecstasies and Elegies. Bohdan-Ihor Antonych, Michael M. Naydan. (Bucknell University Press, 2010) ISBN 0-8387-5769-3
• The Grand Harmony. Bohdan-Ihor Antonych, Translated by Michael M. Naydan. (Glagoslav Publications, 2017) ISBN 9781911414353

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Antonych's works in audio format

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