Ivan Drach (Ukrainian: Іван Федорович Драч) (born 17 October 1936) is a Ukrainian poet, screenwriter, literary critic, politician dissident, and political activist.[1][2]
Drach played an important role in the founding of Rukh – the People's Movement of Ukraine – and led the organisation from 1989 to 1992.[1] Drach has promoted the use of the Ukrainian language in Ukraine and whilst serving as the Ukraine's minister of communication proposed wide-ranging measures including setting quotas for Ukrainian-language broadcasts and tax breaks for Ukrainian publishing.[2][3] Drach's other positions have included the chairmanship of the Ukrainian Intelligentsia Congress and heading the Writers' Union.[4][5] In 2006 Drach was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine.[6]
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[edit] Poetry collections
- Soniashnyk (The Sunflower, 1962)
- Protuberantsi sertsia (Protuberances of the Heart, 1965)
- Poeziï (Poems, 1967)
- Balady budniv (Everyday Ballads, 1967)
- Do dzherel (To the Sources, 1972)
- Korin’ i krona (The Root and the Crown, 1974)
- Kyïvs’ke nebo (The Kyivan Sky, 1976)
- Duma pro vchytelia (Duma about the Teacher, 1977)
- Soniashnyi feniks (The Solar Phoenix, 1978)
- Sontse i slovo (The Sun and the Word, 1979)
- Amerykans’kyi zoshyt (American Notebook, 1980)
- Shablia i khustyna (The Saber and the Kerchief, 1981)
- Dramatychni poemy (Dramatic Poems, 1982)
- Kyïvs’kyi oberih (A Kyivan Amulet, 1983)
- Telizhentsi (1985), Khram sontsia (A Temple of the Sun, 1988)
- Lyst do kalyny (A Letter to a Viburnum Tree, 1990)
- Vohon’ iz popelu (Fire from the Ashes, 1995)[1]
[edit] Movies screenwriting
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Drach, Ivan |
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| Date of birth |
17 October 1936 |
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Telizhyntsi |
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