Volodymyr Yavorivsky

"Volodymyr Yavorivsky" ( _uk. Яворівський Володимир Олександрович) - Ukrainian poet, writer, journalist and politician. Born in 1942 in Vinnitsa oblast of Ukraine.

Yavorivsky graduated from Odessa State University as a specialist on "Ukrainian language and literature". He worked as editor on local radio, newspaper reporter ("Zaporizka pravda", "Literaturna Ukraina", "Prapor Yunosti"), scriptwriter of Lviv television, literary consultant, referent of the Writer's Union of Ukraine, department chief and deputy editor to "Vitchizna" Magazine.

In late 80-s of last century V.Yavorivsky began his active political career. He was people's deputy of the last USSR Supreme Soviet in 1989–1991, became one of the founders of People's Movement of Ukraine.

Volodymyr Yavorivsky took active part in defending the rights of Chornobyl accident victims. [cite web | title = Suppression of Chornobyl truth could deprive us of a future | work = The Ukrainian Weekly, published in Wall Street Journal | date = 1989 | url = http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1989/538912.shtml | access date = 2007-05-22]

In the 4-th Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2002-2006) Volodymyr Yavorivsky belonged to Our Ukraine fraction, in the 5-th Rada convocation - to Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc.

At present (2007), Yavorivsky combines parliamentary functions with position of the Writer's Union of Ukraine Chairman.

Published works

Short story collections

* A yabluka padayut (The apples are falling), 1968
* Гроно стиглого винограду (A cluster of mature grapes), 1971

Sketch collections

* Kryla vygostreni nebom (Wings sharpened by heaven), 1975
* Tut na zemli (Here on the ground), 1977
* I v mori pamyatayu dzherelo (Remembering the source even at the sea), 1980
* Pravo vlasnogo imeni (The right of the own name), 1985
* Shcho my za narod takyi? (What a people are we?), 2002

Stories

* Z vysoty veresnya (From the height of September), 1984
* Vichni Kortelisy, 1984

Novels

* Lantsiugova reakciya (Chain reaction), 1978 about Chornobyl
* Oglyansya z oseni, 1979
* Avtoportret z uyavy (Biography of Catherine Bilokur), 1980
* Maria z polynom u kintsi stolittya, 1988, about Chornobyl events
* Kryza (Crisis), 2000

References

External links

* [http://yavorivsky.kiev.ua/ Official site of Volodymyr Yavorivsky]
* [http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1989/538912.shtml Yavorivsky in Wall Street Journal]