Vasyl Barka

Vasyl Barka (pseud. of Vasyl Ocheret, born 16 July 1908 in the village of Solonytsia near Lubny, Poltava gubernia, died 11 April 2003 in Liberty, New York) was a poet, writer, literary critic, and translator. An emigre from 1943, he lived in Germany, where he was active in the MUR literary association, before settling in the United States in 1949. Barka's orphic works require intuitive rather than logical comprehension. His poetry developed and grew in stature, from the early lyrical collections to the monumental 4,000-strophe epic novel in verse "Svidok dlia sontsia shestykrylykh" (The Witness for the Sun of Seraphims, 1981), addressed to the theme of reconciliation between 'man and the Creator.' His first novel, "Rai" (Paradise, 1953), deals with the Soviet 'paradise.' His second novel, "Zhovtyi kniaz'" (The Yellow Prince, 1962, 1968), about the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932–33, was translated into French (Paris 1981) and served as the basis for Oles Yanchuk's 1993 Ukrainian feature film Holod-33 (Famine-33).

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Name	Barka, Vasyl
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Date of birth	16 July 1908
Place of birth	Solonytsia near Lubny, Poltava oblast
Date of death	11 April 2003
Place of death	Liberty, New York