Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko (Ukrainian: Іван Якович Франко, pronounced [iˈwɑn ˈjɑkowɪtʃ frɐnˈkɔ]; 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, and the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language. He was a political radical, and a founder of the socialist and nationalist movement in western Ukraine. In addition to his own literary work, he also translated the works of such renowned figures as William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Dante Alighieri, Victor Hugo, Adam Mickiewicz, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller into Ukrainian. His translations appeared on the stage of the Ruska Besida Theatre. Along with Taras Shevchenko, he has had a tremendous impact on modern literary and political thought in Ukraine. |
Birth and Death Data: Born August 27, 1856 (Nahuievychi), Died May 28, 1916 (Lviv)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938
Roles Represented in DAHR: author
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | CS-025407 | 12-in. | 8/30/1938 | Song of June | Stephanie Korolishin-Cymbalist | Female vocal solo, with piano | author |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Franko, Ivan," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102580.
Franko, Ivan. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102580.
"Franko, Ivan." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Franko, Ivan, 1856-1916 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79125094
Wikidata: Ivan Franko - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q332462
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/10637190
ISNI: 0000 0000 8339 2564 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000083392564
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