Shevchenko, Ivan Ivanovich

He was born on September 21, 1902 in the village of Pavlysh (now Onufrievsky District, Kirovograd Region of Ukraine ) in the family of a railway worker.

He graduated from the Kremenchug Railway College .

Member of the Civil War in Ukraine. Was at underground work. He fought against the armed forces of the Hetman , Petlyura and Denikin .

In the early 1920s he was in the leading Komsomol work.

Since 1924 he served in the Red Fleet, and after demobilization he worked in various positions on the collective farm of his native village.

He edited the newspapers Molode Selo and Radyansky Unak. Member of the literary organization of the Komsomol writers of Ukraine " Molodnyak ." One of the first editors of Molodnyak magazine.

Belonged to the literary organization of peasant writers of Ukraine " Plow ".

Later - a member of the Union of Writers of Ukraine.

Began to print in 1920 on the pages of newspapers and magazines "Vіstі", "Selyanska Pravda", " Molodnyak ", "Young Bolshevik", "Chervoniy shlyah", " Vsesvit " and others.

The first book of poems "Komsomolskoe" was published in 1925.

The poetry of I. Shevchenko reflects the Komsomol youth inspired by heroism, the pathos of the socialist reconstruction of life, sustained in a song manner, some of them became folk songs.

He is the author of poetry collections “Komsomolske”, “Yunkoriya”, “Chervony Pisennik” (1925), “Trains” (1962).

In the poet’s native village, the Palace of Culture was named after him and a memorial plaque was erected.

• Ivan Ivanovich Shevchenko. (Ukrainian)