Viktor Petrov Writer

Viktor Petrov (Ukrainian: Віктор Петров 1894 – 1969) was a prominent Soviet Ukrainian existentialist writer. He signed his works with pen names V. Domontovych (Ukrainian: В. Домонтович) and Viktor Ber (Ukrainian: Віктор Бер). Together with Valerian Pidmohylny Petrov is considered to be the founder of the Ukrainian intellectual novel. Although Petrov is remembered as a writer today, during his life he was a scientist in the first place. He wrote papers on archaeology, anthropology, history, philosophy and literature.

Personal facts

Pseudonym	Viktor Domontovych Viktor Ber
Birth date	October 10, 1894
Birth place	Dnipropetrovsk , Russian Empire
Nationality	Ukrainians
Date of death	January 01, 1969
Place of death	Soviet Union , Kiev