Oles Berdnyk Explained
Oles Berdnyk |
Birth Date: | 27 November 1926 |
Birth Place: | Vavylove, Ukraine |
Death Place: | Kyiv, Ukraine |
Nationality: | Ukrainian |
Known For: | Science Fiction, Dissent |
Notable Works: | Apostle of Immortality: Ukrainian Science Fiction, Fantastic Encounters, Star warrior, Prometheus |
Oleksandr (Oles) Pavlovych Berdnyk (Ukrainian: Олександр (Олесь) Павлович Бердник; November 27, 1926, officially December 25, 1927 - March 18, 2003)[1] was a Ukrainian science fiction writer, futurist and globalist, philosopher and theologian, public figure,[2] Red Army soldier during World War II, and a political prisoner in Soviet camps.[3] He wrote more than 20 novels and short stories that have been translated into many languages, including English, German, French, Russian, and Hungarian. He has been described as the most influential classic writer of Ukrainian science fiction.[4] [5] [6]
He was a founding member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group and a leader of the Ukrainian Humanist Association "Ukrainian Spiritual Republic."
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Notes and References
- Web site: Berdnyk, Olesʹ (1927-2003) . bibliotheken.nl. February 18, 2022.
- Web site: Центральний державний архів вищих органів влади та управління України - Олександр (Олесь) Павлович Бердник - український письменник-фантаст, філософ, громадський діяч . Central State Archive of the Supreme Bodies of Power and Administration of Ukraine - Oleksandr (Oles) Pavlovych Berdnyk - Ukrainian science fiction writer, philosopher, public figure . tsdavo.gov.ua . 2016-03-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160404180838/http://tsdavo.gov.ua/4/webpages/62964651.html . 2016-04-04.
- Web site: Бердник Олесь (Олександр) Павлович . Berdnik Oles (Alexander) Pavlovich . esu.com.ua. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. February 18, 2022.
- Hajder . Tatiana . 2019 . Myth and Philosophy in the Slavic Science Fiction Novel . LOGOS - A Journal of Religion, Philosophy, Comparative Cultural Studies and Art . English . 101 . 85–93 . 0868-7692.
- Maguire . Muireann . 2016 . Smyrniw, Walter Ukrainian Science Fiction: Historical and Thematic Perspectives (review) . Slavonic and East European Review . 94 . 3 . 518–520 . 10.1353/see.2016.0130 . 2222-4327.
- Roberts . Brittany . 2014 . Smyrniw . Walter . Elusive Information about a Largely Untranslated SF Tradition . Science Fiction Studies . 41 . 3 . 674–676 . 10.5621/sciefictstud.41.3.0674 . 10.5621/sciefictstud.41.3.0674 . 0091-7729.