Konstantin Iosifovich Beda ( September 24, 1916 - April 11, 1979 , Ottawa ) - Ukrainian linguist, literary critic. Doctor of Slavic Philology (1943), professor (1957), full member of the Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society , Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences , Canadian and American Association of Comparative Literature and other scientific institutes.
Biography
He graduated from the Faculty of Humanities at Lviv University (1939), received the title of Doctor of Slavic Philology at the University of Vienna, and worked there as a research fellow at the Department of Slavic Philology (1943-45). He continued his studies at the University of Bern (Switzerland, 1946-47). Since 1952 - Lecturer, Department of Slavic Studies, University of Ottawa; since 1953 - citizen of Canada, since 1957 - professor and head of the Slavic department of the University of Ottawa . Specialist in Slavic philology, comparative literature and the history of Ukrainian literature. Collaborated with the Ukrainian Catholic University in Rome and the Ukrainian Free University in Munich. He represented Canada and Ukrainian science at international scientific congresses. The author of more than 80 scientific papers in Ukrainian, Russian, English, Spanish, German, French. Editor of the publications “Pershiy Kobzar Shevchenko” (Ottawa, 1961), “Poesie du Quebec Contemporain” (Ottawa, 1968), “Slavs in Canada”, vols. 1-2.
He died in Ottawa on April 11, 1979 .
Compositions
- Religion motifs in the scientific creations of Ivan Franko. "Fenix", 1956, No. 7;
- On the tops of the ide and form: little thoughts about Shakespeare’s creativity. Toronto, 1958;
- Hetman Mazepi Union with Charles XII. Vіnnіpeg, 1958;
- Lesya Ukrainka: Life and Work. Toronto, 1968;
- Ioannikiy Galyatovsky i yogo "The Key of Reason." Rome, 1974;
- Kiev "Grammar" from 1705 rock. Rome, 1978.
Literature
- G.P. Gerasimova. BIDA Kostyantin Yosipovich // Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine : at 10 tons: [ Ukrainian ] / editorial: V. A. Smoliy (head) and ін. ; Institute of History of Ukraine NAS of Ukraine . - K .: Naukova Dumka , 2003 .-- T. 1: A - B. - 688 p. : il. - ISBN 966-00-0734-5 .
- Kurdidik A. Book of Mysteries and Divisions of Ukrainian Culture - Participants in Persian Adventures of Ukrainian Mystics of America and Canada with Lumpiness. Toronto, 1954;
- Marunchak M. Istoriya ukraintsev Kanadi, t. 2. Vinnіpeg, 1974;
- Ukrainians in North America: A Biographical Directory. Champaign, 1975;
- Boyko Y. Tsіnne vidannya. "Suchnost", 1978, No. 2;
- Borovik M. Stoltyta Ukrainian settlement in Canada (1891-1991). Montreal, 1991.
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