Pavlo Dumka
Ukrainian poet, publicist, public figure (1854–1918)
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Pavlo Dumka (Ukrainian: Павло Андрійович Думка; 21 March 1854 – 19 November 1918) was a Ukrainian poet, publicist, public figure. Founding member of the Ukrainian Radical Party (1890), ambassador to the Galician Sejm (1908–1918), member of the Ukrainian National Council of the ZUNR (1918).[3]
Pavlo Dumka | |
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| Павло Андрійович Думка | |
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| Born | 21 March 1854 |
| Died | 19 November 1918 (aged 64) |
Biography
Pavlo Dumka was born on 21 March 1854, in Kupchyntsi, now in the Ternopil Raion of the Ternopil Oblast.[3]
Studied at a carving school in Lviv. In 1874, he organized the Prosvita reading room in his native village.[3]
Died on 19 November 1918 in Drahomanivka, now Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast.[3]
Works
In 1885 he made his debut as a poet. Dumka also contributed to the press on social and national-patriotic topics. Friended with Ivan Franko, Mykhailo Pavlyk, Vasyl Stefanyk, and Les Martovych.[3]
Posthumously, Dumka's collections of poetry "Vesnianka" (1970) and journalism and poetry "Molytva rilnyka" (1994) were published.[3]