Ivan Drach

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Fedorovych and the family name is Drach.

HOU OS
Ivan Drach
Іван Драч
Drach in 1990
Born(1936-10-17)17 October 1936
Telizhyntsi, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died19 June 2018(2018-06-19) (aged 81)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Alma materTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Occupations
  • Poet
  • screenwriter
  • politician
  • political activist
Known forhuman rights activism with participation in the Soviet dissident movement and People's Movement of Ukraine
Political partyPeople's Movement of Ukraine
AwardsUSSR State Prize
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Shevchenko National Prize
Antonovych Prize



Ivan Fedorovych Drach (Ukrainian: Іван Федорович Драч; 17 October 1936 – 19 June 2018) was a Ukrainian poet, screenwriter, literary critic, politician, 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.

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