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Ivan Franko
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Ukrainian poet and writer (1856–1916)
Ivan Franko was a Ukrainian poet and writer who lived from 1856 to 1916 and made significant contributions to Ukrainian literature and culture. He is an important figure in Ukrainian history whose work helped shape the development of modern Ukrainian writing.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austrian Empire
- Place of birth
- Nahuievychi
- Place of death
- Lviv
- Spouse
- Olha Franko
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
- Employer
- University of Vienna
- Political party
- Ukrainian Radical Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Notable work
- Kameniari
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Genre
- poetry
- Movement
- literary realism
- Image
- Іван Якович Франко.jpg
- Work location
- Lviv
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- member of
- Shevchenko Scientific Society
- place of burial
- Lychakiv Cemetery
- Commons category
- Ivan Franko
- date of birth
- 1856-08-27
- date of death
- 1916-05-28
- topic's main category
- Category:Ivan Franko
- Commons Creator page
- Ivan Franko
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- influenced by
- Taras Shevchenko
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- name in native language
- Іван Якович Франко
- pseudonym
- Іван Живий
- writing language
- Ukrainian
- start of work period
- 1874-00-00
- short name
- Іван Франко
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
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Encyclopedic overview
Ivan Yakovych Franko PhD (Ukrainian: Іван Якович Франко, pronounced [iˈwɑn ˈjɑkowɪtʃ frɐnˈkɔ]; 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, translator, economist, political activist, ethnographer, and the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in Ukrainian.
Franko 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 into Ukrainian 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. His translations appeared on the stage of the Ruska Besida Theatre. Along with Taras Shevchenko, he has had a tremendous influence on modern literary and political thought in Ukraine.
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