Yevhen Hutsalo was a Ukrainian

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 writer

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 and journalist

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Hutsalo was born in Staryi Zhyvotiv, Vinnytsia oblast

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. He graduated from the Nizhyn Pedagogical Institute in 1959, and was first published in 1960. During the 1960s, Hutsalo was considered one of the "shestydesyatnyky" (the sixtiers), or those who were opposed to the oppressive communist

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 regime. However, later on he chose to be an official writer rather than one opposed to the regime.

He published over 25 novella

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 and short-story collections (several of them for children), a trilogy

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 of novels, and three poetry

Poetry

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 collections. His works are noted for their detail, lyrical descriptions of nature, psychological portraits, and abundant use of the rural vernacular.

In 1985 Hutsalo was awarded the Shevchenko Prize.