Ivan Drach
Encyclopedia
Ivan Drach (born 17 October 1936) is a Ukrainian
poet
, screenwriter
, literary critic, politician
dissident
, and political activist.
Drach played an important role in the founding of Rukh – the People's Movement of Ukraine
– and led the organisation from 1989 to 1992. 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. Drach's other positions have included the chairmanship of the Ukrainian Intelligentsia Congress and heading the Writers' Union. In 2006 Drach was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine
.
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, literary critic, politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
dissident
Dissident
A dissident, broadly defined, is a person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy, or institution. When dissidents unite for a common cause they often effect a dissident movement....
, and political activist.
Drach played an important role in the founding of Rukh – the People's Movement of Ukraine
People's Movement of Ukraine
The People's Movement of Ukraine is a Ukrainian center-right political party...
– and led the organisation from 1989 to 1992. Drach has promoted the use of the Ukrainian language
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
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. Drach's other positions have included the chairmanship of the Ukrainian Intelligentsia Congress and heading the Writers' Union. In 2006 Drach was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine
Hero of Ukraine
Hero of Ukraine is the highest state decoration that can be conferred upon an individual citizen by the Government of Ukraine. The title was created in 1998 by President Leonid Kuchma and as of August 25 2011 the total number of awards is 265. The award is divided into two classes of distinction:...
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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)