Yaroslav Halan

Yaroslav Halan
Native name
Ярослав Олександрович Галан
Born(1902-07-27)27 July 1902
Dynów, Galicia-Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary
(now Poland)
Died24 October 1949(1949-10-24) (aged 47)
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Resting placeLychakiv Cemetery
Pen nameComrade Yaga, Volodymyr Rosovych, Ihor Semeniuk
Occupationwriter, playwright, publicist, politician, propagandist, radio host
LanguageUkrainian
Alma mater
Genresplays, pamphlets, articles
Subjectsocial contradictions
Literary movementsocialist realism
Years active1927–1949
Notable works
Notable awards
Spouse
Anna Henyk
(m. 1928; died 1937)
Maria Krotkova
(m. 1944)
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Yaroslav Oleksandrovych Halan (Ukrainian: Ярослав Олександрович Галан, party nickname Comrade Yaga; 27 July 1902 – 24 October 1949) was a Soviet Ukrainian anti-fascist writer, playwright, publicist, member of the Communist Party of Western Ukraine since 1924, killed by nationalist insurgents in 1949.