Ivan Bahrianyi

Ivan Bahrianyi
Coin of Ukraine with the image of Bahrianyi
Coin of Ukraine with the image of Bahrianyi
BornIvan Pavlovych Lozoviaha
2 October 1906
Kuzemyn, Kharkiv Governorate, Russian Empire
Died25 August 1963(1963-08-25) (aged 56)
Neu-Ulm, Bavaria, West Germany
Occupationwriter, translator
LanguageUkrainian
NationalityUkrainian
Genreprose

Ivan Bahrianyi (Ukrainian: Іван Багряний; 2 October 1906 – 25 August 1963), real name Ivan Pavlovych Lozoviaha (Lozoviahin), was a Ukrainian writer, essayist, novelist and politician. In 1992 he was awarded postmortem the Shevchenko prize in literature.