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Oles Honchar

Died in 1995

Oles Honchar, born Bilychenko, was born on 3 April 1918 in Lomivka, near Katerynoslav, and was raised by his mother's family, his parents having died early. A student in Kharkiv, he left in 1941 with a battalion of student volunteers, was a prisoner of the Germans in 1942 and 1943, then returned to the front. An official writer of the post-war period, he chaired the Writers' Union of Ukraine from 1959 to 1971 and joined the Academy of Sciences in 1978. He later supported the movement that led the country to independence and died in Kyiv on 14 July 1995.

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