Mykola Bazhan | |
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 Bazhan in 1928 | |
| Born | September 26, 1904 Kamianets-Podilskyi, Russian Empire (today Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine) |
| Died | November 23, 1983 (aged 79) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | writer, poet, academician |
| Language | Ukrainian |
| Nationality | Soviet |
Mykola Platonovych Bazhan (Ukrainian: Микола Платонович Бажан; 9 October [O.S. 26 September] 1904 – 23 November 1983) was a Soviet Ukrainian writer, poet, highly decorated political and public figure. He was an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1951), Distinguished Figure in Science and Technology of Ukrainian SSR (1966), Distinguished Figure in Arts of Georgian SSR (1964), People's Poet of Uzbek SSR.