Iryna Kalynets
Iryna Onufriyivna Kalynets | |
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| Ірина Онуфріївна Калинець (Ирина Онуфриевна Калинец) | |
| Born | Iryna Onufriyivna Stasiv December 6, 1940 |
| Died | July 31, 2012 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Citizenship |  Soviet Union (1940–1991) →  Ukraine (1991–2012) |
| Alma mater | Lviv University |
| Occupation | poetry |
| Movement | dissident movement in the Soviet Union |
| Spouse | Ihor Kalynets |
| Awards |  |
Iryna Onufriyivna Kalynets (Template:Lang-uk, Template:Lang-ru, 6 December 1940, Lviv – 31 July 2012, Lviv) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, activist and Soviet dissident during the 1970s.[1] Kalynets was the wife of another leading Soviet dissident, Ihor Kalynets.[1]
Kalynets graduated from Lviv University with a degree in philology.[1] She taught courses in Ukrainian literature and language before joining a human rights group called "shistdesyatnyky."[1] Kalynets was the publisher of a banned human rights journal, "Український Вісник."[1] She also publicly protested the detention of other dissidents, including Nina Strokata and Valentyn Moroz.[1] Kalynets and two other activists, Nadia Svitlychna and Stefania Shabatura, were arrested for a writing on Soviet propaganda. She was sentenced to six years in prison and three years of internal exile within the Soviet Union.[1]
Kalynets was able to return to Lviv in 1981 following the completion of her sentence. A proponent of the Ukrainian independence movement, she soon joined Memorial and Rukh, a pair of civil rights organizations.[1]
Ukraine broke away from the Soviet Union in 1991. Kalynets was elected to the Verkhovna Rada as a deputy in Ukraine's first post independence parliament.[1] She continued to publish writings until her health deteriorated.
Iryna Kalynets died from a long illness on July 31, 2012, at the age of 71.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Dissident Iryna Kalnets Dies After Long Illness". Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain. July 31, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- ^ "Померла поетеса-дисидентка Ірина Калинець". RISU. July 31, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- 1940 births
- 2012 deaths
- People from Lviv
- University of Lviv alumni
- Ukrainian women poets
- Soviet dissidents
- Ukrainian dissidents
- Lviv Polytechnic faculty
- First convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
- 20th-century Ukrainian poets
- 20th-century women writers
- Burials at Lychakiv Cemetery
- Recipients of the Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class