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'''Vira Ostapivna Selianska''' ({{lang-uk|Ві́ра Оста́півна Селя́нська}}), [[pen name]] '''Vira Vovk''' ({{lang-uk|Ві́ра Вовк}}), (born 1926, [[Boryslav]]) — Ukrainian writer, critic and translator living in [[Brazil]]. She writes in [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]], [[German language|German]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]].
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Vira Vovk
| pseudonym = Vira Vovk
| birth_name = Vira Ostapivna Selianska
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|1|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Boryslav]], Ukraine
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|7|16|1926|1|2|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
| occupation = Writer, critic, translator, professor
| nationality = Ukrainian
| language = Ukrainian, German, Portuguese
| education = University of Tübingen<br/>Columbia University<br/>Munich University
| genre = Poetry, novels, plays
| awards = Ivan Franko Literary Award (1957, 1979, 1982, 1990)<br/>Blahovist Award (2000)<br/>[[Shevchenko National Prize]] (2008)
| image = Vira Vovk.JPG
}}

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'''Vira Ostapivna Selianska''' ({{langx|uk|Ві́ра Оста́півна Селя́нська}}, [[pen name]] '''Vira Vovk''' ({{langx|uk|Ві́ра Вовк}}; 2 January 1926 – 16 July 2022) was a Ukrainian writer, critic and translator. She wrote in [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]], [[German language|German]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Born in Boryslav in 1926, she grew up in the [[Hutsul]] region in the town of [[Kuty]] (at that time on the Polish-Romanian border). Vira Vovk's secondary education was completed in [[Lviv]] and [[Dresden]]. She studied [[Germanic studies|Germanic]]s, music history and comparative literature at the [[University of Tübingen]]. In 1945 she emigrated with her mother to [[Portugal]] and in 1949 further to [[Brazil]]. She went to [[Rio de Janeiro]] where she completed her University studies. Post graduate studies were completed at [[Columbia University]] (New York) and [[Munich University]]. Vira Vovk received a PhD. Professor of German literature at the [[Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro|State University of Rio de Janeiro]].
Born in [[Boryslav]] in 1926, she grew up in the [[Hutsul]] region in the town of [[Kuty]] (at that time on the Polish-Romanian border). Vira Vovk's secondary education was completed in [[Lviv]] and [[Dresden]]. She studied [[Germanic studies|Germanic]]s, music history and comparative literature at the [[University of Tübingen]]. In 1945, she emigrated with her mother to Portugal and in 1949, further to Brazil. She went to [[Rio de Janeiro]] where she completed her university studies. Post graduate studies were completed at [[Columbia University]] ([[New York City]]) and [[Munich University]].


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Vovk received a PhD and became professor of [[German literature]] at the [[Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro|State University of Rio de Janeiro]]. Vovk has created ten collections of poetry, ten novels, and eleven plays and has made numerous translations of Western writers into Ukrainian and Ukrainian writers into [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]].
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==Awards and achievements==
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She received the [[Ivan Franko]] Literary award in 1957, 1979, 1982 and 1990, the Blahovist award 2000. She actively propagates Ukrainian culture and language. In 2008, Vira Vovk received Ukrainian state award named after [[Taras Shevchenko]].


Vovk died on 16 July 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the age 96.<ref name="IV">{{cite web |title=Померла Віра Вовк|url=http://bukvoid.com.ua/events/sum/2022/07/16/164320.html|website=bukvoid.com.ua|accessdate=16 July 2022 |language=Ukrainian|date=16 July 2022}}</ref>
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Vira Vovk has created 10 collections of poetry, 10 novels, and 11 plays and has made numerous translations of Western writers into Ukrainian and Ukrainian writers into [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]].

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==Awards and achievements==
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She received the [[Ivan Franko]] Literary award in 1957, 1979, 1982 and 1990, the Blahovist award 2000. She actively propagated Ukrainian culture and language. In 2008, Vovk received Ukrainian state award [[Shevchenko National Prize]].


== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Danylo Husar Struk, [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CV%5CO%5CVovkVira.htm Vira Vovk] at Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine
* Viktoriia Kostiuchenko, [http://umoloda.kiev.ua/number/164/0/40802/ Віра Вовк: Читачі в Бразилії і Португалії мають одне джерело, то є мої видання (Vera Wolf: Readers in Brazil and Portugal have one source, that is my publications)], Ukraina Moloda Newspaper, April 2008, in Ukrainian.
* Viktoriia Kostiuchenko, [http://umoloda.kiev.ua/number/164/0/40802/ Віра Вовк: Читачі в Бразилії і Португалії мають одне джерело, то є мої видання (Vera Wolf: Readers in Brazil and Portugal have one source, that is my publications)], Ukraina Moloda Newspaper, April 2008, in Ukrainian.
* Літературні вечори в Українському Інституті Модерного Мистецтва Чикаго, 1973—2006 // Укладачі: Віра Боднарук, [[Білецький Володимир Стефанович|Володимир Білецький]].&nbsp;— Донецьк: Український культурологічний центр, 2006.&nbsp;— 140 с.
* Літературні вечори в Українському Інституті Модерного Мистецтва Чикаго, 1973—2006 // Укладачі: Віра Боднарук, [[Білецький Володимир Стефанович|Володимир Білецький]].&nbsp;— Донецьк: Український культурологічний центр, 2006.&nbsp;— 140 с.
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* Vira Vovk, [http://uartlib.org/allbooks/vira-vovk-karnaval-opovidannya-kartin-yuriya-soloviya/ Карнавал. Оповідання до картин Юрія Соловія (Carnival. Narratives to paintings of Yurii Solovii)]. Rio de Janeiro, 1986.
* Vira Vovk, [http://uartlib.org/allbooks/vira-vovk-karnaval-opovidannya-kartin-yuriya-soloviya/ Карнавал. Оповідання до картин Юрія Соловія (Carnival. Narratives to paintings of Yurii Solovii)]. Rio de Janeiro, 1986.


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Latest revision as of 03:49, 31 October 2024

Vira Vovk
BornVira Ostapivna Selianska
(1926-01-02)2 January 1926
Boryslav, Ukraine
Died16 July 2022(2022-07-16) (aged 96)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pen nameVira Vovk
OccupationWriter, critic, translator, professor
LanguageUkrainian, German, Portuguese
NationalityUkrainian
EducationUniversity of Tübingen
Columbia University
Munich University
GenrePoetry, novels, plays
Notable awardsIvan Franko Literary Award (1957, 1979, 1982, 1990)
Blahovist Award (2000)
Shevchenko National Prize (2008)

Vira Ostapivna Selianska (Ukrainian: Ві́ра Оста́півна Селя́нська, pen name Vira Vovk (Ukrainian: Ві́ра Вовк; 2 January 1926 – 16 July 2022) was a Ukrainian writer, critic and translator. She wrote in Ukrainian, German and Portuguese.

Biography

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Born in Boryslav in 1926, she grew up in the Hutsul region in the town of Kuty (at that time on the Polish-Romanian border). Vira Vovk's secondary education was completed in Lviv and Dresden. She studied Germanics, music history and comparative literature at the University of Tübingen. In 1945, she emigrated with her mother to Portugal and in 1949, further to Brazil. She went to Rio de Janeiro where she completed her university studies. Post graduate studies were completed at Columbia University (New York City) and Munich University.

Vovk received a PhD and became professor of German literature at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. Vovk has created ten collections of poetry, ten novels, and eleven plays and has made numerous translations of Western writers into Ukrainian and Ukrainian writers into Portuguese.

Vovk died on 16 July 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the age 96.[1]

Awards and achievements

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She received the Ivan Franko Literary award in 1957, 1979, 1982 and 1990, the Blahovist award 2000. She actively propagated Ukrainian culture and language. In 2008, Vovk received Ukrainian state award Shevchenko National Prize.

Sources

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References

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  1. ^ "Померла Віра Вовк". bukvoid.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
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