Dmytro Pavlychko
Dmytro Pavlychko | |
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Дмитро Павличко | |
| Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland | |
| In office 1999–2002 | |
| President | Leonid Kuchma |
| Preceded by | Petro Sardachuk |
| Succeeded by | Oleksandr Nykonenko |
| Ambassador of Ukraine to Slovakia | |
| In office 1995–1998 | |
| President | Leonid Kuchma |
| Preceded by | Petro Sardachuk |
| Succeeded by | Yuriy Rylach |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 12 May 1998 – 17 March 1999 | |
| Constituency | People's Movement of Ukraine, No. 33 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1929 Stopchativ, Stanisławów Voivodeship, Poland (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 29 January 2023 (aged 93) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Resting place | Stopchativ, Ukraine |
| Relatives | Solomiia Pavlychko (daughter) |
| Alma mater | Lviv University |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Ukrainian Insurgent Army |
| Years of service | April–June 1945 |
| Battles/wars | |
| Writing career | |
| Genre | Poems |
Dmytro Vasylyovych Pavlychko (Ukrainian: Дмитро Васильович Павличко; 28 September 1929 – 29 January 2023) was a Ukrainian poet, translator, scriptwriter, culturologist, and politician.
Pavlychko published poetry and translations since the 1950s. His work came under censorship from the Soviet Government. Pavlychko, who had been imprisoned as a Ukrainian Nationalistfollowing World War II, would work within the constraints of the Soviet state and become a well regarded author and William Shakespeare scholar in Russia and Ukraine.
Following the easing of censorship in the late 1980's, Pavlychko would help shape Ukrainian statehood. He entered politics and would co-create Ukraine's first independent political party. In 1990, he co-authored the "Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine," declaring Ukrainian law overruled Soviet law.
Pavlychko was also a member of the Verkhovna Rada for two terms in the 1990s. He served as Ukraine's Ambassador to Slovakia and later to Poland.