Mykhaylo Semenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mykhaylo Semenko

Ukrainian writer and poet (1892-1937)

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1892

Place of Birth: Kibintsi, Ukraine

Date of Death: 23-Oct-1937

Profession: writer, poet

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Mykhaylo Vasyliovich Semenko (Ukrainian: ????´??? ????´?????? ????´???) was a Ukrainian poet, the prominent representative of the Ukrainian futuristic poetry of the 1920s.
He is considered to be one of the lead figures of Executed Renaissance. He was a founder of futuristic groups Aspanfut, Komunkult, Nova Generatsiya.
He was an editor in couple of almanacs and the journal "Nova generatsiya".
As a poet Semenko wrote primarily for urban audiences.
Semenko was arrested in 1937 and executed by NKVD during the Great Purge.
In the mid-1960s he was rehabilitated.