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Ivan Svitlichny was born on 20 September, 1929 in Polovynkyne, Ukrainian SSR, is a Ukrainian soviet writer and poet (1929–1992). Discover Ivan Svitlichny's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?

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Occupation literary critic, translator, editor
Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 20 September, 1929
Birthday 20 September
Birthplace Polovynkyne, Ukrainian SSR
Date of death 25 October, 1992
Died Place Kyiv, Ukraine
Nationality Ukrainian SSR

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1929

Ivan Oleksiyovych Svitlychnyi (Svetlichny; Іва́н Олексі́йович Світли́чний; 1929–1992) was a Ukrainian poet, literary critic, and Soviet dissident.

Ivan Svitlychnyi was born on 20 September 1929 in Polovynkyne, Luhansk Oblast to a family of farmers.

1952

In 1952 he graduated from the philological faculty at Kharkov University.

1954

In 1954 he gained his PhD at Shevchenko Institute of Literature in Kyiv.

From 1954 to 1965 he worked as an editor at the literary magazine Dnepr.

Svitlychnyi became close to Vasyl Symonenko and helped circulate his poems in samizdat (typescript literature) and magnitizdat (unofficial audio tape recordings).

Svitlychnyi's poetry in turn was translated into Russian by dissident Yuli Daniel.

1960

In the early 1960s, Svitlychnyi was one of the founders of the Club of Creative Youth in Kyiv.

The club of Ukrainian left-wing intellectuals was closely watched by the Ukrainian KGB.

1965

In August 1965 he was arrested for his involvement in the club and was imprisoned for one year in labour camp.

1971

In January 1971 Svitlychnyi along with 18 others was arrested in connection with the case of Yaroslav Dobosh.

Dobosh was a 24-year-old Belgian of Ukrainian roots who had been recruited by a Ukrainian nationalist organisation to distribute anti-Communist literature in Ukraine.

Svitlychnyi was among Dobosh's main contacts.

He was sentenced to seven years of forced labour and five years of exile.

He served his time Perm-35 labour camp.

1977

In 1977, Andrei Sakharov included Svitlychnyi's name in an appeal to Jimmy Carter.

1978

Svitlychnyi was made a member of the International PEN Club in 1978 and was a member of the Union of Writers of Ukraine in 1990.

1983

Svitlychnyi was released in January 1983.

He returned in a gravely ill condition, having suffered a stroke in prison camp.

For the last three years of his life he could not move or speak.

1989

In 1989 Svitlychny was awarded the Vasyl Stus Prize.

1992

Ivan Svitlychnyi died on 25 October 1992.

He is buried in Kyiv at the Baikove Cemetery.

1994

In 1994 he was posthumously awarded the Shevchenko National Prize.

Svitlychnyi was the brother of dissident and human rights activist Nadiya Svitlychna.