Roman Ivanychuk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roman Ivanychuk

Ukrainian writer

Date of Birth: 27-May-1929

Place of Birth: Trach, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 17-Sep-2016

Profession: writer, politician, journalist

Nationality: Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Roman Ivanovych Ivanychuk (Ukrainian: ????? ???????? I???????, 27 May 1929 — 17 September 2016) was a Ukrainian writer and politician.
He was the 1985 laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize.
Between 1990 and 1994 he was a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada.
In 2009, he received a title of Hero of Ukraine.Ivanychuk was born in Trach, currently in Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
He studied languages at Lviv University and graduated in 1957.
He worked as a school teacher between 1957 and 1963; he published short stories and novels since 1958.
After 1963, Ivanychuk worked as an editor of Zhovten magazine until 1990.
In 1995, he became a professor at Lviv University and taught there until his death.
He died in Lviv in 2016.