Oleksa Desnyak (real name and surname of Ukrainian: Oleksiy Gnatovich Rudenko ; March 4 (17), 1909 , p. Bondarevka , Sosnitsky district , Chernihiv province , Russian Empire - May 25, 1942 , near the village of Pavlovka II , Kharkov region ) - Ukrainian Soviet writer and journalist, war correspondent. Member of the CPSU since 1939.
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| (Ukrainian) Oleksa Desnyak | |
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| Birth name | Alexey Ignatovich Rudenko |
| Date of Birth | March 4 (17), 1909 |
| Place of Birth | with. Bondarevka , now Sosnitsky district , Chernihiv region , Ukraine |
| Date of death | May 25, 1942 (33 years old) |
| Place of death | with. Pavlovka Second Lozovsky district , Kharkiv region , Ukraine |
| Citizenship |  Ukrainian SSR |
| Occupation | writer, journalist, war correspondent |
| Language of Works | Ukrainian |
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Biography
Oleksa Desnyak was born on March 4 (17), 1909 in a peasant family. In 1931 he graduated from the Chernihiv Institute of Social Education. Began to print in 1928 . After the liberation of the Western Ukrainian lands (1939) he headed the Lviv organization of the Union of Writers of Ukraine. He was the editor-in-chief of the literary-artistic and socio-political magazine " Zhovten " in Lviv .
From the first days of World War II - a war correspondent.
He died on May 25, 1942 in battle during the Great Patriotic War.
Family
Son - Alexander Rudenko-Desnyak (1936-2006), Ukrainian and Russian journalist, public figure.
Creativity
Desnyak is the author of novels, short stories, essays and short stories. As a war correspondent, he wrote more than 50 stories and essays about the heroism of Soviet soldiers on the fronts of the struggle against the fascists.
The novel “Battalions crossed the Desna” ( 1937 ) is one of the best books about the Civil War in Ukraine, dedicated to Timofey Chernyak . He wrote about him the book “Regiment of Timothy Chernyak” (1938).
The novel “The Uday River” ( 1938 ) depicts the life of the Ukrainian collective farm peasantry during the prewar five-year periods, and the atmosphere of creative work.
The story "Turgai Falcon" ( 1940 ) is dedicated to the hero of the Kazakh people Amangeldy Imanov . The novel "High" (1939, the first part of the conceived trilogy Revolution continues ").
Rewards
- Order of the Badge of Honor (03/05/1939)
Memory
- In 1979, in honor of the 70th anniversary of the writer, a literary museum was opened [1] .
Notes
Links
- (Ukrainian) Desnyak Ukrainskaya radyansk encyclopedia: for 12 volumes / as amended. M. Bazhan. - 2nd view. - K .: Head editors of the URE, 1974-1985.