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Oles Honchar

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Oles Honchar


Born
in Ukraine
April 03, 1918

Died
July 14, 1995

Genre

Influences


Ukrainian Soviet writer and public figure. He also was a veteran of World War II and member of the Ukrainian parliament.

Олесь (Олександр) Терентійович Гончар народився 3 квітня 1918 року в селі Суха, тепер Кобеляцького району Полтавської області. Після закінчення школи вступив до Харківського технікуму журналістики. З 1937 року О. Гончар почав друкуватися в українській пресі. 1938 року він вступив на філологічний факультет Харківського університету.

У перші дні війни пішов добровольцем на фронт у складі студентського батальйону. Брав участь у багатьох боях. Був двічі поранений. Улітку 1942 року в районі Бєлгорода, будучи контуженим, потрапив у полон — Харківський, потім Полтавський табір військовополонених. Звідти з партією військовополонени
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“These conversations ended various ways: one could lose, but also one could make gains, win, emerge from the office a worker of a different specific gravity: there, elements transformed before one's eyes. Loboda knew that the secretary was a man of tempestuous nature, capable of unpredictable decisions. He had to act, so as not to give him a single opportunity.”
Oles Honchar, The Cathedral

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