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Valerian Pidmohylny

Born

in с. Писарівка, Ukraine

February 02, 1901

Died

November 03, 1937

Genre

Classics, Fiction

Influences

Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Guy de Maupassant, ...more

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Writer and translator. He graduated from high school in Katerynoslav in 1918 and then continued his studies at Kyiv University. In 1921 he began working with various publishing houses and joined the editorial board of Zhyttia i revoliutsiia. The first of his short stories to be published were ‘Vania’ and ‘Haidamaky’ (Haidamakas), which appeared in 1919 in Sich, a journal in Katerynoslav. He also contributed to the almanac Vyr revoliutsiï (1921). He was a member of the literary organization Lanka. His published collections of stories include Tvory (Works, vol 1, 1920), V epidemichnomu baratsi (In the Quarantine Ward, 1922), Povstantsi i ynshi opovidannia (The Insurgents and Other Stories, 1923), Viis’kovyi litun (Army Pilot, 1924), and Probl Writer and translator. He graduated from high school in Katerynoslav in 1918 and then continued his studies at Kyiv University. In 1921 he began working with various publishing houses and joined the editorial board of Zhyttia i revoliutsiia. The first of his short stories to be published were ‘Vania’ and ‘Haidamaky’ (Haidamakas), which appeared in 1919 in Sich, a journal in Katerynoslav. He also contributed to the almanac Vyr revoliutsiï (1921). He was a member of the literary organization Lanka. His published collections of stories include Tvory (Works, vol 1, 1920), V epidemichnomu baratsi (In the Quarantine Ward, 1922), Povstantsi i ynshi opovidannia (The Insurgents and Other Stories, 1923), Viis’kovyi litun (Army Pilot, 1924), and Problema khliba (The Problem of Bread, 1927, 1930). He also wrote the novelette Ostap Shaptala (1922). Pidmohylny's early works focus on various pre- and postrevolutionary realities, such as the Famine of 1921–3. His most notable work is the novel Misto (The City, 1928), one theme of which captures the relationship between the city and the village against the backdrop of the New Economic Policy. His last published work was Nevelychka drama (A Little Drama), a novel about people in the ‘era of socialist reconstruction,’ which was serialized in Zhyttia i revoliutsiia in 1930 but first released separately in Paris in 1956. It appeared in translation as A Little Touch of Drama (trans by George Stephen Nestor Luckyj and M. Luckyj, 1972). Pidmohylny's translations, particularly those of the works of Honoré de Balzac, Denis Diderot, Anatole France, Guy de Maupassant, and Stendhal, significantly influenced the development of Ukrainian literature in the 1920s. Pidmohylny's early works were subjected to severe official criticism. Some were even attacked for ‘romanticizing Makhnovism’ (Andrii Khvylia). The novel Misto was also denounced. Pidmohylny was expelled from his editorial position in 1930 and was arrested in 1934. He was incarcerated in various prisons and concentration camps until he was shot, along with many other Ukrainian writers. He was rehabilitated in 1956. Misto and some other stories were republished in Ukraine in 1989. A selection of stories, including some previously never published, appeared in 1991 as Istoriia pani Ïvhy (The Story of Mrs Ivha). ...more

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	Місто by Valerian Pidmohylny, Валер'ян Підмогильний 4.33 avg rating — 5,841 ratings — published 1927 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Невеличка драма 4.49 avg rating — 2,227 ratings — published 1930 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Повість без назви by Valerian Pidmohylny, Валер'ян Підмогильний 4.22 avg rating — 229 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Сонце сходить by Valerian Pidmohylny, Валер'ян Підмогильний 4.34 avg rating — 94 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Невеличка драма. Повість без назви by Valerian Pidmohylny, Валер'ян Підмогильний 4.49 avg rating — 74 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Третя Революція 4.15 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Історія пані Ївги by Valerian Pidmohylny, Валер'ян Підмогильний, Олег Набока (Illustrator) 4.21 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1923	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Остап Шаптала 4.11 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1922 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Добрий Бог. Оповідання by Valerian Pidmohylny, Валер'ян Підмогильний 4.09 avg rating — 43 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Вибрані твори Валер'яна Підмогильного by Valerian Pidmohylny, Валер'ян Підмогильний 4.52 avg rating — 27 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Кожному властиво вважати себе за цілком виключне явище під сонцем і місяцем.”
― Валер'ян Підмогильний, Місто

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“Життя — це широкомовна, галаслива лотерея з барвистими афішами, запаморочливими плакатами й досконалою рекламою, що провіщає надзвичайні виграші, делікатно замовчуючи, що на один щасливий білет припадають тисячі порожніх тонісіньких квитків і брати участь у тиражі можна тільки раз.”
― Valerian Pidmohylny, Місто

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“Щасливі все-таки нагадують хворих і потребують обережного поводження. Щастя кінець кінцем — це недуга душевної короткозорості, можливе воно тільки в умовах неповного обчислення обставин і неповного знання про речі. Гострий зір таке саме лихо, що й сліпота, й найнещасніші люди — астрономи, що на ясному сонці бачать прикрі плямки.”
― Valerian Pidmohylny, Місто

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