Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny

Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny
BornJanuary 12, 1894
Khmilnytsia, Chernigovsky Uyezd, Chernihiv Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedDecember 4, 1925 (age 31)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Pen nameEllan
Occupationpoet, politician
LanguageUkrainian
NationalityUkrainian
Period1920-1933
Genrepoetry, publicistic writing
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Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny (Ukrainian: Василь Еллан-Блакитний, born Vasyl Ellansky, Василь Елланський; January 12, 1894 – December 4, 1925) was a Ukrainian poet, journalist and politician. As a poet, using the pseudonym Ellan, he was hailed as a pioneer of Ukrainian proletarian literature. Ellansky was a founder of the Borotbists party, since 1920 he had been a member of Central committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine.

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