Vasyl Stefanyk

Vasyl Stefanyk
Василь Стефаник
Portrait of Vasyl Stefanyk. 1896
Portrait of Vasyl Stefanyk. 1896
BornVasyl Semenovych Stefanyk
(1871-05-14)May 14, 1871
Rusiv, Galicia, Austro-Hungary
DiedDecember 7, 1936(1936-12-07) (aged 65)
Rusiv, Stanisławów Province, Second Polish Republic
Occupationprose writer and political activist
LanguageUkrainian, Polish, German
NationalityAustro-Hungarian Empire, Poland
Alma materKrakow University
PeriodYoung Poland
GenreExpressionism
Notable worksStone Cross (1900)

Vasyl Semenovych Stefanyk (Ukrainian: Васи́ль Семе́нович Стефа́ник; May 14, 1871 – December 7, 1936) was an influential Ukrainian modernist writer and political activist. He was a member of the Austrian parliament from 1908 to 1918.