Dmytro Nytczenko
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Dmytro Nytczenko was a Ukrainian
-born literary critic
, novelist, memoirist, editor
, literary researcher, teacher
, and social activist who lived and worked in Australia.
He was a laureate
of the Skovoroda and Volodymyr Antonovych
Prizes, and a member of the Writer's Union of Ukraine
.
Club of Victoria
whose main objectives was educational, literary and cultural activities, including seminars. Membership was open only to active and reputable authors and artists. Over 100 literary recitals and 'author's evenings' were held until 1995. This association also paid particular attention to younger writers, organising recitals for them and holding 'Young Writer's' creative writing competitions, for which it awarded monetary prizes.
published approximately every five years, beginning in 1954. Subtitled 'Literature, Art, Cultural Life', it remains the most significant journal and record of Ukrainian-Australian literary culture of the Ukrainian diaspora in Australia
during the period of the second half of the 20th century.
Nytczenko also compiled two anthologies: a collection of poetry entitled Z-pid evkaliptiv: poems ( — "From under the Gumtrees: Poetry") published in 1976; and On the Fence: An Anthology of Ukrainian Prose in Australia (translated into English by Yuri Tkach in 1985). In 1980 an anthology of poetry was published in Adelaide
by the local association, the Language and Literature Group of Adelaide, entitled Pivdenny khrest ( — "Southern Cross").
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
-born literary critic
Critic
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, novelist, memoirist, editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
, literary researcher, teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
, and social activist who lived and worked in Australia.
He was a laureate
Laureate
In English, the word laureate has come to signify eminence or association with literary or military glory. It is also used for winners of the Nobel Prize.-History:...
of the Skovoroda and Volodymyr Antonovych
Volodymyr Antonovych
Volodymyr Antonovych , was a prominent Ukrainian historian and one of the leaders of the Ukrainian national awakening in the Russian Empire. As a historian, Antonovych, who was longtime Professor of History at the University of Kiev, represented a populist approach to Ukrainian history.This...
Prizes, and a member of the Writer's Union of Ukraine
Writer's Union of Ukraine
National Writer's Union of Ukraine is a voluntary social-creative association of professional writers, poets, prosaists, playwrighters, critics, and translators.-Organisation:...
.
Vasyl Symonenko Club of Victoria
In the 1954 Dmytro Nytczenko was the initiator, and then President of the Ukrainian Vasyl SymonenkoVasyl Symonenko
Vasyl Symonenko a well-known Ukrainian poet, journalist, activist of dissident movement. He is considered one of the most important figures in Ukrainian literature of the early 1960s...
Club of Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
whose main objectives was educational, literary and cultural activities, including seminars. Membership was open only to active and reputable authors and artists. Over 100 literary recitals and 'author's evenings' were held until 1995. This association also paid particular attention to younger writers, organising recitals for them and holding 'Young Writer's' creative writing competitions, for which it awarded monetary prizes.
Publishing and editing work
One of Nytczenko's most important activities was the editing and production of Novy Obriy ( — "The New Horizon"), a literary almanacAlmanac
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published approximately every five years, beginning in 1954. Subtitled 'Literature, Art, Cultural Life', it remains the most significant journal and record of Ukrainian-Australian literary culture of the Ukrainian diaspora in Australia
Ukrainian Australian
The Ukrainians are an ethnic minority in Australia, numbering about 20,000 people, hence making up 0.16% of the total population. Currently, the main concentrations of Ukrainians are located in Melbourne and Sydney.- History :...
during the period of the second half of the 20th century.
Nytczenko also compiled two anthologies: a collection of poetry entitled Z-pid evkaliptiv: poems ( — "From under the Gumtrees: Poetry") published in 1976; and On the Fence: An Anthology of Ukrainian Prose in Australia (translated into English by Yuri Tkach in 1985). In 1980 an anthology of poetry was published in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
by the local association, the Language and Literature Group of Adelaide, entitled Pivdenny khrest ( — "Southern Cross").
Other works
- Chub D. (1953) Tze Trapylos v Avstraliyi (Це трапилось в Австралії — "It Happened in Australia"), Arncliffe, NSW, lllus. Short stories.
- Chub D. (1953) Na Hadyuchomu Ostrovi (На гадючому острові — "On Snake Island"), Lastivka Press, Melbourne.
- Chub D. (1954) Vovchenia (Вовченя — "The Wolf Cub")
- Chub D. (1958) V Lisakh Pid Viaz'moiu: spohay pro druhu svitovu viinu (В лісах під Вязмою: спогади про другу світову війну — "In the forests of Viazma: memoirs from World War II"), Dniprova Khvylia, Munich.
- Nytczenko, D. (1968) Ukrayinsky pravopysny slovnyk (Український правописний словник — "Ukrainian orthographic dictionary"), Lastivka, Melbourne
- Chub D. (1975) Stezhkamy pryhod (Стежками пригод — "On Paths of Adventure"), Prosvita, Melbourne
- Nytczenko, D. (1979) Theory of Literature and the Science of Stylistics (Елементи теорії літератури і стилістики), 2nd revised edition, Lastivka Press, Melbourne. ISBN 095958370X
- Chub D. (1983) West of Moscow (memories of World War II and German prisoner-of-war camps), Lastivka Press, Newport, Melbourne ISBN 0-949617-02-4
- Nytczenko, D. (1985) On the Fence: an anthology of Ukrainian prose in Australia, Lastivka Press, Melbourne.
- Nytczenko, D. (1985) Ukrainian Orthographic Dictionary (Український ортографічний словник) ISBN 0949617075
- Chub D. (1990) From Zinkiv to Melbourne (Від Зінькова до Мельборну), Volume 1 Bayda Book, Melbourne. a chronicle of author's life in Ukraine, Germany & arrival in Australia. 0908480245 / ISBN 0-908480-24-5, ISBN 9780908480241
- Nytczenko, D. & Lazorksky, M. (1990) Svitotini: zbirnyk istorychykh narysiv, opovidan, stattei, spohadiv, 1949-1969, ("Lights and Shadows: a collection of historical essays, short stories, articles and recollections"), Slovo, Melbourne.
- Nytczenko, D. (1994) "Under the Sun of Australia", Volume 2, Bayda Books, ISBN 978-0-908480-27-2
- Nytczenko, D. (2003) Liudyna ideyi (Людина ідеї — "A Man Driven by an Idea"), memoirs of family & friends about Ukrainian emigre writer from Australia, Kyіv