Ivan Franko
Writer
Ivan Yakovych Franko (Ukrainian: Іван Якович Франко, pronounced [iˈvɑn ˈjɑkovɪt͡ʃ frɐnˈkɔ]) (August 27 [O.S. August 15] 1856 – May 28 [O.S. May 15] 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language.He was a political radical, and a founder of the socialist and nationalist movement in western Ukraine. In addition to his own literary work, he also translated the works of such renowned figures as William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Dante Alighieri, Victor Hugo, Adam Mickiewicz, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller into the Ukrainian language. Along with Taras Shevchenko, he has had a tremendous impact on modern literary and political thought in Ukraine.
Personal facts
| Alias (AKA) | Франко Іван Якович |
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| Pseudonym | Myron Kremin Zhyvyi |
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| Birth date | August 27, 1856 |
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| Birth name | Іван Якович Франко |
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| Birth place | Galicia (Eastern Europe) , Austrian Empire , Naguevychi , Nahuievychi |
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| Date of death | May 28, 1916 |
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