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Ukrainian coin commemorating Ulas Samchuk (reverse)
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Ulas Samchuk (Улас Олексійович Самчук) (20 February 1905 Derman (now in Rivne Oblast) - 9 July 1987 Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a Ukrainian writer, publicist and journalist, member of the Government of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile.

Biography

He was born February 20, 1905 in the village Derman in a peasant family and started his education in Kremenets. Before he finished his secondary education, he was called up for service in the Polish Army in 1927, and later deserted in August of that year. He escaped to Germany. At first he worked delivering coal. With the help of a supportive German family, Samchuk continued his studies at the University of Breslau. In 1929, Samchuk moved to Prague, Czechoslovakia. He was attracted by the city’s vibrant Ukrainian community and the Ukrainian Free University in which he enrolled, and where he was active in the Students’ Academic Society. He graduated Ukrainian Free University in 1931. In 1932, while in Prague, Samchuk first heard about the holodomor unleashed by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin upon the Ukrainian people. He travelled back into Soviet Ukraine to witness the horror firsthand, and in response wrote the novel Maria (1934)––the first literary work about the famine, and a powerful characterization of village life at the time.

Ulas Samchuk's Monument in Zdolbuniv

From 1941–1942, he was editor of the newspaper Volyn', before fleeing to Germany in 1944, where he founded and headed the literary-artistic organization MUR until 1948. In 1948, he emigrated to Canada and became the leader of the Slovo Association of Ukrainian Writers in Exile.

Works

Ulas Samchuk major works include:

  • Volyn (1932-1937)
  • Kulak (1932)
  • Mountains Are Talking (1934)
  • Maria (1934), (English translation, Maria. A Chronicle of a Life 1952)
  • Youth of Vasyl Sheremeta (1946-1947)
  • Moroz’s Khutir (1948)
  • Darkness (1957)
  • Escape from oneself
  • People or Servants?
  • Five Past Twelve (1954)
  • On a White Horse (1956)
  • On a Raven Horse
  • What Fire does not Heal (1959)
  • Where does the river flow?
  • On Solid Earth (1967)
  • In the Footsteps of Pioneers: The Saga of Ukrainian America (1979)

Bibliography

  • Ułas Samczuk, Wołyń, wyd. 2 (reprint), ISBN 83-88863-14-2 Biały Dunajec — Ostróg 2005, wyd. «Wołanie z Wołynia»
  • Самчук У. Гори говорять. — К., 1996.
  • Самчук У. Волинь: У 2 т. — К.: Дніпро, 1993. — Т.1, 2.
  • Самчук У. Дермань. Роман: У 2 ч. — Рівне: Волинські обереги, 2005. — 120 с.
  • Самчук У. На білому коні. — Львів: Літопис Червоної Калини, 1999.
  • Самчук У. На коні вороному. — Львів: Літопис Червоної Калини, 2000.
  • Самчук У. Темнота. Роман. — Нью-Йорк, 1957. — 493 с.
  • Самчук У. Чого не гоїть огонь. — К.: Укр. письменник, 1994.
  • Самчук У. Юність Василя Шеремети: Роман. — Рівне: Волин. обереги, 2005. — 329 с.
  • Волинські дороги Уласа Сачука: Збірник. — Рівне: Азалія, 1993.
  • Гром'як Р. Розпросторення духовного світу Уласа Самчука (Від трилогії «Волинь» до трилогії «Ost») // Орієнтації. Розмисли. Дискурси. 1997—2007. — Тернопіль: Джура, 2007. — С. 248—267.
  • Улас Самчук. Ювілейний збірник. До 90-річчя народження. — Рівне: Азалія, 1994. 274
  • Тарнавський О. Улас Самчук — прозаїк // Відоме й позавідоме. — К.: Час, 1999. — С. 336—350.
  • Ткачук М. П. Художні виміри творчості Уласа Самчука // Українська мова і література в школі. — 2005. — № 6: — С. 43-47.

References

  1. Samchuk, U., 1952, “Maria. A Chronicle of a Life, Language Lantern Publications, Toronto, (Engl. transl.)
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