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Dmytro Nytczenko (Template:Lang-uk; literary pseudonyms: Dmytro Chub or Ostap Zirchastyi; February 21, 1905, Zinkiv, Poltava, Russian Empire – May 27, 1999, Melbourne, Australia) was a Ukrainian literary critic, novelist, memoirist, editor, literary researcher, teacher, and social activist who lived and worked in Australia.
He was a laureate of the Skovoroda and Volodymyr Antonovych Prizes, and a member of the Writer's Union of Ukraine.
Vasyl Symonenko Club of Victoria
In the 1954 Dmytro Nytczenko was the initiator, and then President of the Ukrainian Vasyl Symonenko Club of Victoria whose main objectives was educational, literary and cultural activities, including seminars. Membership was open only to active and reputable authors and artists. Over 100 literary recitals and 'author's evenings' were held until 1995. This association also paid particular attention to younger writers, organising recitals for them and holding 'Young Writer's' creative writing competitions, for which it awarded monetary prizes.
Publishing and editing work
One of Nytczenko's most important activities was the editing and production of Novyi Obriy (Template:Lang-uk — "The New Horizon"), a literary almanac published approximately every five years, beginning in 1954. Subtitled 'Literature, Art, Cultural Life', it remains the most significant journal and record of Ukrainian-Australian literary culture of the Ukrainian diaspora in Australia during the period of the second half of the 20th century.
Nytczenko also compiled two anthologies: a collection of poetry entitled Z-pid evkaliptiv: poems (Template:Lang-uk — "From under the Gumtrees: Poetry") published in 1976; and On the Fence: An Anthology of Ukrainian Prose in Australia (translated into English by Yuriy Tkach in 1985). In 1980 an anthology of poetry was published in Adelaide by the local association, the Language and Literature Group of Adelaide, entitled Pivdennyi khrest (Template:Lang-uk — "Southern Cross").
Other works
- Dmytro Chub (1953) Tse trapylos' v Avstraliyi (Це трапилось в Австралії — "It Happened in Australia"), Arncliffe, NSW. Illus. Short stories. (in Ukrainian)
- Dmytro Chub (1953) Na hadyuchomu ostrovi (На гадючому острові — "On Snake Island"), Lastivka Press, Melbourne. (in Ukrainian)
- Dmytro Chub (1954) Vovchenya (Вовченя — "The Wolf Cub") (in Ukrainian)
- Dmytro Chub (1958) V lisakh pid Vyazmoyu: spohady pro druhu svitovu viynu (В лісах під Вязмою: спогади про другу світову війну — "In the forests of Vyazma: memoirs from World War II"), Dniprova Khvylia, Munich. (in Ukrainian)
- Dmytro Nytczenko (1968) Ukrayins'kyy pravopysnyi slovnyk (Український правописний словник — "Ukrainian orthographic dictionary"), Lastivka, Melbourne (in Ukrainian)
- Dmytro Chub (1975) Stezhkamy pryhod (Стежками пригод — "On Paths of Adventure"), Prosvita, Melbourne (in Ukrainian)
- Dmytro Nytczenko (1979) Theory of Literature and the Science of Stylistics (Елементи теорії літератури і стилістики), 2nd revised edition, Lastivka Press, Melbourne. ISBN 0-9595837-0-X (in Ukrainian)
- Dmytro Chub (1983) West of Moscow (memories of World War II and German prisoner-of-war camps), Lastivka Press, Newport, Melbourne ISBN 0-949617-02-4
- Dmytro Nytczenko (1985) On the Fence: an anthology of Ukrainian prose in Australia, Lastivka Press, Melbourne.
- Dmytro Nytczenko (1985) Ukrainian Orthographic Dictionary (Український ортографічний словник) ISBN 0-949617-07-5 (in Ukrainian)
- Dmytro Chub (1990) From Zinkiv to Melbourne (Від Зінькова до Мельборну), Volume 1 Bayda Book, Melbourne. a chronicle of author's life in Ukraine, Germany & arrival in Australia. 0908480245 / ISBN 0-908480-24-5, ISBN 978-0-908480-24-1
- Dmytro Nytczenko & Mykola Lazorkskyy (1990) Svitotini: zbirnyk istorychykh narysiv, opovidan', stattey, spohadiv, 1949–1969, ("Lights and Shadows: a collection of historical essays, short stories, articles and recollections"), Slovo, Melbourne.
- Dmytro Nytczenko (1994) "Under the Sun of Australia", Volume 2, Bayda Books, ISBN 978-0-908480-27-2 (in Ukrainian)
- Dmytro Nytczenko (2003) Lyudyna ideyi (Людина ідеї — "A Man Driven by an Idea"), memoirs of family & friends about Ukrainian emigre writer from Australia, Kyіv
Notes
- au/scripts/Items_listing.asp?S=1&F=1&O=0&T=I&C=4 Australian Government immigration documents Archived August 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine state his date of birth as 18 December 1906
- Australia Council (1984), Ethnic Arts Directory, 3rd Edition, North Sydney ISSN 0158-6343
- ^ Mycak, S. (2004) 'Demidenko/Darville: a Ukrainian-Australian point of view' in Maggie Nolan, Carrie Dawson (eds.) Who's who?: hoaxes, imposture and identity crises in Australian literature, Univ. of Queensland Press, 2004 ISBN 0-7022-3523-7, ISBN 978-0-7022-3523-8