Oles Ulianenko
| Oles Ulianenko | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
Oleksandr Stanislavovych Ulianov Олександр Станіславович Ульянов August 14 (officially May 8), 1962 Khorol, Poltava oblast, USSR (now Khorol, Ukraine) |
| Died |
August 17, 2010 (aged 48) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Pen name | Oles Ulianenko |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Ethnicity | Ukrainian |
| Citizenship | USSR->Ukraine |
| Alma mater |
Lybnu Medical Institute, Lubny (?) Mykolaiv Nautical School, Mykolaiv (1980) |
| Notable works | Stalinka |
Oleksandr Stanislavovych Ulianov (Ukrainian: Оле́сь Улья́ненко, pronounced [ɔ olʲɛsʲ ulʲɑ ɐnɛnkɔ o]; August 14 (officially May 8), 1962 – August 17, 2010), known by his pen name Oles Ulianenko, was a contemporary Ukrainian writer. He is the youngest laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize, which he received for his novel Stalinka (1994) in 1997 at the age of 35.[1]
He also won prizes from magazines such as the Suchasnist and Blahovist magazines.
Personal Life
Oles Ulianenko led a very adventurous life. He graduated from Mykolaiv Nautical School, was a Yakut shaman, fought in the air force against Germany and Afghanistan, and lived in Leningrad for two years. In Leningrad, he became acquainted with the legends of Leningrad rock music, while learning to play the guitar and attempting to form a band.
He was a novice at Lavra and made his living by underground boxing.
Oles Ulianenko was married for seven years before he got divorced.
Work
In 2000, Oles Ulianenko wrote the screenplay for the film Украдене Щастя ("Stolen Happiness") with the director Andrii Donchyk, based on a play with the same name by Ivan Franko. This 4-part film was released in 2004.
According to Ulianenko, the Russian Orthodox Church denounced him because of the book Знак Саваофа ("Sign Hosts"). Oles Ulianenko once also declared that his idea of the script of the film Жмурки ("Dead Man's Bluff") was stolen.
The writer Yana Dubynianska said the following about the works of Ulianenko: "Not everyone has the ability to read the prose by Oles Ulianenko. I would advise the people with vulnerable psyche, under-aged and pregnant women, not to do so."
On December 2009, Ulianenko published a criminal melodrama called Там, де Південь ("Where South Is"). It was the last work by the writer to get published while he was still alive.
On April 2010 a revised edition of Жінка його мрії ("The Woman of His Dreams") was published. The book release was held in a provocative literary and artistic performance in the Kiev Gallery "Karas".
The book Oles Ulianenko. Without censorship was released on August 15, 2010, marking the 48th birthday of the writer. This book includes approximately 40 interviews with the author from multiple publications and television channels from 1994-2010. It also includes a detailed description and documents from Ulianenko's lawsuit against Ukraine's National Expert Commission for Protecting Public Morality, prepared by the writer's lawyer Oleh Veremiienko.
Ulianenko died on August 17, 2010 in his apartment in Kiev under unclear circumstances.[1][2] He was buried in Kiev Baikove Cemetery (Section number 33).
Nadiia Tenditna's "The Aesthetics of Death in the Prose of E. Pashkovskii and O. Ulianenko" thesis is an example of the literary research of Oles Ulianenko works.
Novels
- Stalinka (1994);
- Dauphin of Satan (2003);
- Winter's Tale (1995);
- Bohemian Rhapsody (1999);
- Fire Eye (1997);
- Son of the Shadow (2001);
- Sign of Savoofa (2003);
- Serafima (2007);
- Flowers of Sodom (2005);
- The Woman of His Dream (2010);
- Prorok (2013).
Short stories
- "Where the South is" (2010);
- "Siedoi" (2003).
Trilogies
- Angels of Revenge (2012).
References
- 1 2 Абузяров, Ильдар (5 May 2013). "Украинская литература — это гетто" (in Russian). СвободнаяПресса. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ↑ "Ulianenko Uncensored". The Ukrainian Week. August 23, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
External links
- 2009 Human Rights Reports: Ukraine - U.S. Department of State