Vasyl Stus | |
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Василь Стус | |
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| Born | January 6, 1938 |
| Died | September 4, 1985 (aged 47) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Citizenship | Soviet |
| Alma mater | Donetsk National University |
| Occupation | poet |
| Known for | poems, human rights activism with participation in the Ukrainian Helsinki Group |
| Movement | dissident movement in the Soviet Union |
| Spouse | Valentyna Popeliukh |
| Children | Dmytro |
| Awards |   Shevchenko National Prize, Antonovych Prize |
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Vasyl Semenovych Stus (Ukrainian: Васи́ль Семе́нович Стус; January 6, 1938 – September 4, 1985) was a Ukrainian poet, translator, literary critic, journalist, and an active member of the Ukrainian dissident movement. For his political convictions, his works were banned by the Soviet regime and he spent 13 years in detention until his death in Perm-36—then a Soviet forced labor camp for political prisoners, subsequently The Museum of the History of Political Repression—after having declared a hunger strike on September 4, 1985. On November 26, 2005, the Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko posthumously awarded him the highest national title: Hero of Ukraine.[1] Stus is widely regarded as one of Ukraine's foremost poets.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Про присвоєння В. Стусу звання Герой України| від 26.11.2005 № 1652/2005 (tr. "About assignment of V. Stus of the title Hero of Ukraine from 26.11.2005 № 1652/2005")