Iryna Senyk

Iryna Senyk
Native name
Іри́на Миха́йлівна Се́ник
BornIryna Mykhailivna Senyk
(1926-06-08)June 8, 1926
Lviv, Ukraine
DiedOctober 25, 2009(2009-10-25) (aged 83)
Boryslav, Ukraine
Resting placeLychakivske Cemetery, Lviv[1]
Occupation
  • poet
  • nurse
  • political dissident
Alma materUniversity of Lviv

Iryna Senyk (Ukrainian, Іри́на Миха́йлівна Се́ник; June 8, 1926, Lviv - October 25, 2009, Boryslav) was a Ukrainian poet, nurse, and Soviet political dissident.[2] She was imprisoned in Stalinist camps as were her mother and brother.[3] She was a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group and an honorary member of PEN International.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference KHPG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Struk, Danylo Husar (15 December 1993). Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Vol. IV: Ph-Sr. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-5126-5. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. ^ United States Congress House Committee on Foreign Affairs (1982). Human Rights--Ukraine and the Soviet Union: Hearing and Markup Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Its Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, on H. Con. Res. 111, H. Res. 152, H. Res. 193, July 28, July 30, and September 17, 1981. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 12, 17, 19, 28, 32. Retrieved 22 February 2022.