Mykhailo Stelmakh

Mykhailo Stelmakh
Stelmakh featured on a 2012 Ukrainian stamp
Native name
Миха́йло Пана́сович Сте́льмах
Born24 May [O.S. 11 May] 1912
Died27 September 1983(1983-09-27) (aged 71)
OccupationWriter, novelist, playwright
LanguageUkrainian
NationalityUkrainian
CitizenshipUkrainian People's Republic Soviet Union
Alma materVinnytsia State Pedagogical University
GenreSocialist realism
Years active1941–1983

Mykhailo Panasovych Stelmakh (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Пана́сович Сте́льмах; 24 May [O.S. 11 May] 1912 – September 27, 1983) was a Ukrainian novelist, poet, and playwright. Member of the Writers' Union of the USSR, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since March 29, 1978), Hero of Socialist Labour (May 23, 1972). Father of playwright Yaroslav Stelmakh. Member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 6th-10th convocations.