Oleksandr Oles
Oleksandr Kandyba | |
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| Native name | Олександр Іванович Кандиба |
| Born | 23 November 1878 |
| Died | 22 July 1944 (aged 65) |
| Pen name | Oleksandr Oles |
| Occupation | writer and poet |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Alma mater | Kharkiv veterinary institute |
| Period | 1906-1944 |
| Children | Oleh Olzhych |
Oleksandr Oles (born Oleksandr Ivanovych Kandyba, Ukrainian: Олександр Іванович Кандиба; 1878–1944) was a prominent Ukrainian writer and poet. He is the father of another Ukrainian poet and political activist, Oleh Olzhych, who perished in the Nazi labor camps in 1944. He was tortured and later found dead in his cell at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.