Mykola Bazhan
Mykola Bazhan MFSTUkrSSR | |
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Bazhan in 1928 | |
| Born | September 26, 1904 |
| Died | November 23, 1983 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | writer, poet, academician |
| Language | Ukrainian |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Notable awards | Shevchenko National Prize |
Mykola Platonovych Bazhan (Ukrainian: Микола Платонович Бажан; 9 October [O.S. 26 September] 1904 – 23 November 1983) was a Soviet Ukrainian writer, poet, highly decorated political and public figure. He was an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1951), Merited Functionary in Science and Technology of Ukrainian SSR (1966), Distinguished Figure in Arts of Georgian SSR (1964), People's Poet of Uzbek SSR.