Vasyl Stefanyk

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

Vasyl Stefanyk
Portrait of Stefanyk, 1896
Native name
Василь Семенович Стефаник
Born
Vasyl Semenovych Stefanyk

(1871-05-14)May 14, 1871
Rusiv, Galicia, Austro-Hungary
DiedDecember 7, 1936(1936-12-07) (aged 65)
Rusiv, Stanisławów Province, Second Polish Republic
Occupationprose writer and political activist
LanguageUkrainian, Polish, German
NationalityAustro-Hungarian Empire, Poland
Alma materKrakow University
PeriodYoung Poland
GenreExpressionism
Notable worksStone Cross (1900)

Vasyl Semenovych Stefanyk (Ukrainian: Васи́ль Семе́нович Стефа́ник; May 14, 1871 – December 7, 1936) was an influential Ukrainian modernist writer and political activist. He was a member of the Austrian parliament from 1908 to 1918.

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