Levko Borovykovsky

Levko Borovykovsky ([Borovykovs'kyj], b 22 February 1806 in the village of Myliushky in Poltava gubernia, d 6 December 1889 in Myliushky) was a romantic poet, writer, translator, and folklorist. After graduating in 1830 from Kharkiv University, Borovykovsky taught in a Kursk gymnasium and from 1839 in the Poltava Institute for Daughters of the Nobility. In 1852 he became a gymnasium inspector in Poltava gubernia and retired a few years later. His works were first published in 1828, and he was one of the first poets of the Kharkiv Romantic School.[1] Of his numerous poems, the most notable is the ballad "Marusia" (1829),[2] a free reworking of Vasilii Zhukovsky's "Svetlana." During his lifetime only one collection of his writings was published, Baiky i prybaiutky (Fables and Sayings, 1852), which brought him recognition as a storyteller. He also translated the poetry of Horace, Aleksandr Pushkin,[3] and Adam Mickiewicz,[4] compiled a Ukrainian dictionary, and collected Ukrainian folklore. Borovykovsky's collected works—Tvory (Works, 1957) and Povne zibrannia tvoriv (Complete Collected Works, 1967)—were published in Kyiv.

References

  1. ↑ Subtelny, Orest (2000). Ukraine: A History - 3rd Edition. University of Toronto Press. p. 231. ISBN 9780802083906.
  2. ↑ Wilczyński, Włodzimierz (2004). Leksykon kultury ukraińskiej. Universitas. p. 30. ISBN 9788324202027.
  3. ↑ Kubiĭovych, Volodymyr; Danylo Husar Struk (1993). Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Volume 4. University of Toronto Press. p. 283. ISBN 9780802030092.
  4. ↑ Lednicki, Wacław (1976). Adam Mickiewicz in world literature. Greenwood Press. p. 412. ISBN 9780837187655.


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