Pavlo Zahrebelnyi
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| Born | August 25, 1924 |
| Died | February 3, 2009 (aged 84) Kiev, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Occupation | Writer |
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Pavlo Arhypovych Zahrebelnyi (Ukrainian: Павло́ Архи́пович Загребе́льний) or Zagrebelnyi (Russian: Павел Архипович Загребе́льный) (August 25, 1924 in Soloshyne village, Poltava Governorate – February 3, 2009 in Kiev[1]) was a Ukrainian novelist.
In 1941, when Germany invaded the Soviet Union Pavlo enlisted the Red Army as a volunteer. He participated in the Battle of Kiev and was severely wounded.[2] He was the editor-in-chief of Literaturna Ukrayina (1961–1962). He was an author of short stories, novels about the war and also social and historical novels. He is a laureate of the State Award of Ukraine (1974) and the State Award of the USSR (1980). He was also awarded the Hero of Ukraine award for his works on August 25, 2004.[3]
One of his best known novels is Roksolana (1980), about the life of Anastasia Lisovska, a Ruthenian girl from Galicia who became a wife of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent and played a prominent role in the sixteenth century Ottoman Empire.
On February 5, 2009 President Victor Yushchenko paid his last respects to Zahrebelnyi.[4]
Zahrebelny's books have been translated into 23 languages.
Bibliography
- Dyvo
- Epraksiya
- Yaroslav Mudryi
- Yevprasksiya
- Yuliya abo zaprosennya do samovbyvstva
- Pervomist
- Pivdennyi komfort
- Roksolana
- Smert' u Kyyevi
- Tysiacholitniy Mykolay
Zahrebelny's works include: "Thinking About Eternity" (1957), "Europe-45" (1958), "Heat" (1960), "Europe West" (1961), "A Day For a Future" (1964), "Whisper" (1966), "Kind Devil" (1967), "Wonder" (1968), "From the Point of Eternity" (1970), "Let's Come to Love" (1971), "First Bridge" (1972), "Death in Kyiv" (1973), "Lathered Grass" (1974), "Eupraksia" (1975), "Lion's Heart" (1978), "Acceleration" (1978), "Roksolana" (1980), "I am Bohdan" (1983), "Southern Comfort" (1984), "Expulsion from Eden" (1985), "Traceless Lucas" (1989), "Naked Soul" (1992), "Angel Flesh" (1993), "Thousand-Year-Old Nikolai" (1994), "Ashes of Dreams" (1995), "Special Security Zone" (1999), "Julia" (2000), "The Long Dreams Valley" (1995), "Heat Haze" (1995), "Clarinets of Tenderness" (1978), "The Sixth Day" (1985), and other novels and stories.
References
- ^ Outstanding Ukrainian writer Pavlo Zagrebelnyi died, for-ua.com Ukrainian news in English (February 3, 2009)
- ^ Біографія Павла Загребельного Template:Uk icon
- ^ Famous writer Pavlo Zahrebelny dies at 84, BSANNA NEWS (February 3, 2009)
- ^ Events by themes: Victor Yushchenko took part in the ceremony of farewell with Pavlo Zagrebelniy, UNIAN (February 5, 2009)
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- 1924 births
- 2009 deaths
- People from Kobelyaky Raion
- Second Kiev Artillery College alumni
- Alumni of Dnipropetrovsk National University
- Ukrainian novelists
- Ukrainian short story writers
- Soviet military personnel of World War II
- Soviet prisoners of war
- Nazi concentration camp survivors
- Members of the Verkhovna Rada
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Recipients of the title of Hero of Ukraine
- Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize
- Recipients of the USSR State Prize
- Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
- Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of the October Revolution
- Recipients of the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour
- Deaths from tuberculosis
- 20th-century novelists