RR No. 32 Volodymyr Vynnychenko: Annotated Bibliography

Description

This research report is the definitive bibliography of Volodymyr Vynnychenko’s works and publications. Fully indexed and annotated, the report is bound quality library binding. Vynnychenko was not only a writer, but a statesman and politician. His first story ‘Krasa i syla’ (Beauty and Strength), 1902), created a sensation and brought him almost immediate recognition. In his lifetime, he wrote some 20 plays and 11 novels, and throughout his life Vynnychenko kept a detailed diary. They provide some insight into his artistic, personal and political life. Of historical interest is Vynnychenko’s three-volume memoir of the struggle for Ukraine’s independence, Vidrodzhennia natsii (Rebirth of a Nation, 1920). In political life, Vynnychenko was leader of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Workers’ party and was chosen as one of two vice-presidents of the Central Rada and then the first president of the General Secretariat, the autonomous government of Ukraine.