Ivan Drach

Ivan Drach
Ivan Drach
Born	(1936-10-17) 17 October 1936 Telizhyntsi[1]
Nationality	Ukrainian
Occupation	Poet Screenwriter Politician Political activist

Ivan Drach (Ukrainian: Іван Федорович Драч) (born 17 October 1936) is a Ukrainian poet, screenwriter, literary critic, politician dissident, and political activist.^[1][2]

Drach played an important role in the founding of Rukh – the People's Movement of Ukraine – and led the organisation from 1989 to 1992.^[1] Drach has promoted the use of the Ukrainian language in Ukraine and whilst serving as the Ukraine's minister of communication proposed wide-ranging measures including setting quotas for Ukrainian-language broadcasts and tax breaks for Ukrainian publishing.^[2][3] Drach's other positions have included the chairmanship of the Ukrainian Intelligentsia Congress and heading the Writers' Union.^[4][5] In 2006 Drach was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine.^[6]

Bibliography

Poetry collections

• Soniashnyk (The Sunflower, 1962)
• Protuberantsi sertsia (Protuberances of the Heart, 1965)
• Poeziï (Poems, 1967)
• Balady budniv (Everyday Ballads, 1967)
• Do dzherel (To the Sources, 1972)
• Korin’ i krona (The Root and the Crown, 1974)
• Kyïvs’ke nebo (The Kyivan Sky, 1976)
• Duma pro vchytelia (Duma about the Teacher, 1977)
• Soniashnyi feniks (The Solar Phoenix, 1978)
• Sontse i slovo (The Sun and the Word, 1979)
• Amerykans’kyi zoshyt (American Notebook, 1980)
• Shablia i khustyna (The Saber and the Kerchief, 1981)
• Dramatychni poemy (Dramatic Poems, 1982)
• Kyïvs’kyi oberih (A Kyivan Amulet, 1983)
• Telizhentsi (1985), Khram sontsia (A Temple of the Sun, 1988)
• Lyst do kalyny (A Letter to a Viburnum Tree, 1990)
• Vohon’ iz popelu (Fire from the Ashes, 1995)^[1]

Movies screenwriting

• Propala Hramota

See also

• List of heroes of Ukraine

References

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