Mykhail Semenko

Mykhayl Semenko
Born	December 31, 1892 Kybyntsi, Russian Empire
Died	October 23, 1937 (age 44) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Poet
Language	Ukrainian
Nationality	Ukrainian
Genre	Poetry

Mykhaylo Vasylovich Semenko (Template:Lang-uk) was a Ukrainian poet, the prominent representative of the Ukrainian futuristic poetry of 1920s. He is considered to be one of the lead figures of Executed Renaissance.

He was a founder of futuristic groups Aspanfut, Komunkult, Nova generatsiya. He was an editor in couple of almanacs and the journal "Nova generatsiya". As a poet Semenko had been writing mainly urban lyrics. Semenko was arrested in 1937 and executed by NKVD during the Great Purge. In the mid-1960s he was rehabilitated.

Sources

• Юрій Лавріненко. Розстріляне відродження: Антологія 1917–1933. — Київ: Смолоскип, 2004. Template:Ref-uk
• Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Semenko, Mykhailo