Fedor Mikhailovich Potushnyak ( Ukrainian Fedir Mikhailovich Potushnyak ; February 27, 1910 , Osoy , now Irshava district of Transcarpathian region of Ukraine - February 12, 1960 , Uzhhorod )) - Rusyn and Ukrainian writer of Transcarpathian region, philosopher, ethnographer , local historian, archaeologist .
| Fedor Mikhailovich Potushnyak | |
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| Ukrainian Fedir Mikhailovich Potushnyak | |
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| Aliases | F. Wilshitsky, F. Pasechnik |
| Date of Birth | February 27, 1910 |
| Place of Birth | Wasp , now Irshava district, Transcarpathian region of Ukraine |
| Date of death | February 12, 1960 (49 years old) |
| A place of death | |
| Citizenship |  ,  |
| Occupation | writer, philosopher, ethnographer, archaeologist |
Biography
In the 20s of the XX century he studied at the Beregovo gymnasium. He entered the Faculty of Philosophy at Charles University in Prague . After graduating from it ( 1937 ), he worked as a teacher in the villages of Transcarpathia , then as a teacher of the gymnasium, and since 1946 - assistant professor of Uzhgorod University .
He was actively engaged in ethnography, archeology and local history, organized archaeological excavations in the region. His interests also included folklore, the history of the literary process in Transcarpathia, and also dialectology. The result of the research work of F.M. Potushnyak was almost a hundred articles on folk beliefs, customs and traditions of Transcarpathians (“The Soul in the Popular Belief of the Village of Osoy” (1928), “Fire in the Popular Beliefs” (1941), “Water, Land and air in popular belief ”(1942),“ Remains of the customs of abduction of women and girl’s trades ”(1944), scientific work“ Archaeological finds of the Bronze and Iron Ages in Transcarpathia ”(1958), in which, based on his own archaeological finds, the author investigated the history of his native land period I-IV centuries A.D. and others.).
Selected Bibliography
- Poetry collection
- “Far Lights” (1934)
- Opportunities (1939)
- “On the White Rocks” (1941)
- Novels
- Fighting the Devil (unpublished)
- The Flood (1959)
- Storybooks
- The Earth (1938)
- The Stories (1943)
- “Sin” (1944)
- “In the Valley of the Blue River” (1957)
- Plays
- The Tale (1943)
- The Sleeping Princess (1944)
The author of "A Brief Essay on the Philosophy of Transcarpathia" (1943).
In addition, F. M. Potushnyak wrote a number of fairy tales for children in prose and poetry.
Fluent in ten foreign languages, Potushnyak translated into Ukrainian a number of works of world literature - in particular, the stories “Little Pies” by Alfons Dode (from the series “Stories on Mondays”), “The Pauper” by Guy de Maupassant , “Yanko the Musician” by Henryk Senkevich , “Instinct” by Annie Vivanti , “Voice of Life”, “Ring” and “Son of the Sun” by Knut Hamsun , “The Sacred Bull, or the Triumph of Lies” by August Strindberg , “Father Peter” by Kazimierz Tetmaer , “Sailor from Amsterdam” by Guillaume Apollinaire and others. Among his translations are poetry by Sandor Petef and , Janos Arania , Andrew Adi , Heinrich Heine , Edgar Allan Poe , Charles Baudelaire , Jiri Volker and many others.
Memory
- In 1989, a memorial plaque was erected on the facade of the former Beregovo Gymnasium in honor of F. M. Potushnyak.
- Since 1995 , a literary prize named after F. Potushnyak has been awarded in Transcarpathia. Among its laureates, in particular, Petro Midianka and Mikhail Roshko .
Literature
- Tivodar M.P. Life and Science of Fyodor Potushnyak. Uzhhorod: Ґrazhda, 2005. ISBN 966-7112-96-9