Mikuláš Mušinka
Slovak folklorist and Ukrainianist (1936–2024)
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Mikuláš Mušinka (Ukrainian: Микола Іванович Мушинка, romanized: Mykola Mushynka; 20 February 1936 – 13 September 2024) was a Slovak folklorist and Ukrainian studies specialist, art historian, literary critic and bibliographer of Ukrainian (Lemko) origin. He held a Candidate of Philological Sciences degree (from 1967) and a Doctor of Philological Sciences degree (1992). Member of the International Commission for the Study of the National Culture of the Carpathians and the Balkans, a full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (from 1989), President of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Slovakia, head of the Association of Ukrainians in Slovakia (from 1990), and a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (from 1997).[1]
Mikuláš Mušinka | |
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| Микола Іванович Мушинка | |
 Mikuláš Mušinka at the V World Forum of Ukrainians in Kyiv, 2011 | |
| Born | 20 February 1936 |
| Died | 13 September 2024 (aged 88) |
| Other names | Mykola Viruk, Mykola Hnatiukivskyi, Mykola Pastushenko, Petro Ihorchuk |
| Alma mater | Charles University |
| Occupations | Folklorist and Ukrainian studies specialist, art historian, literary critic and bibliographer |
Works
He researched Lemko folklore in Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland, Ukraine, western Czechia, and Moravia,[2] as well as Ukrainian-Slovak literary ties.[1]
He authored around 200 scientific studies, over 1,000 articles, 350 reviews, and 50 books.[1] More than 70 of these works are dedicated to Volodymyr Hnatiuk.[3]
Selected works:
- Z ukrainskoho folkloru skhidnoi Slovachchyny (1963)
- Ukrainska usna slovesnist (1973)
- Folklor rusyniv Voivodyny (1976, 1987)