Ivan Franko

Also known as Myron, Kremin, Zhyvyi, Ivan Yakovych Franko

Ukrainian poet and writer (1856–1916)

AI overview

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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Person · Open Library

Born: 1856
Died: 1916
Works: 334

Top works

Hromadsʹki shpikhlïri v Halychynï, 1784-1840 r.
Varlaam i Ioasaf
Приборкана гоструха
Moĭseĭ
Z vershyn i nyzyn

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Origin: Dublin

Discography

Animal House2012

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Listeners: 11
Total plays: 100

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A method and server for predicting damaging missense mutations
· 2010 · cited 11,741x
Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis
· 2018 · cited 11,536x
Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
· 2008 · cited 11,233x
Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,646x
A 3D Map of the Human Genome at Kilobase Resolution Reveals Principles of Chromatin Looping
· 2014 · cited 9,225x

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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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