Ostap Vyshnya
Pavlo Mykhailovych Hubenko (Ukrainian: Павло Михайлович Губенко; 13 November [O.S. 1 November] 1889 – 28 September 1956), better known by the literary psuedonym of Ostap Vyshnia, was a Ukrainian writer, humourist, satirist, and medical official (feldsher). Nicknamed by critics as the Ukrainian Mark Twain and the Ukrainian Printing King; His fame was said to have competed in early Soviet Ukraine with only Taras Shevchenko and Vladimir Lenin.
Ostap Vyshnia | |
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| Native name | Остап Вишня |
| Born | Pavlo Mykhailovych Hubenko 13 November 1889 near Hrun, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 28 September 1956 (aged 66) Kyiv, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Occupation | writer |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire, Soviet Union |
| Period | 1919-1956 |
| Genre | humoresque, feuilleton |
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