Oleksandr Kandyba | |
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Native name | Олександр Іванович Кандиба |
Born | Bilopillia, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire | 23 November 1878
Died | 22 July 1944 Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | (aged 65)
Pen name | Oleksandr Oles |
Occupation | writer and poet |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Alma mater | Kharkiv veterinary institute |
Period | 1906-1944 |
Children | Oleh Olzhych |
Oleksandr Oles (real name Oleksandr Ivanovych Kandyba) (Ukrainian: Олександр Іванович Кандиба) (1878–1944) was a prominent Ukrainian writer and poet. He is the father of another Ukrainian poet and political activist, Oleh Olzhych, who perished in the Nazi labor camps in 1944.