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Nikolaj VoronojUkrainian poet
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Biography of Nikolay Vorony
Nikolay Kondratievich Vorony was a Ukrainian poet born in 1871 into a peasant family. After completing his education at a technical school, he was arrested and placed under police surveillance. Later, he attended lectures at the University of Vienna and Lviv.
Returning to Russia in 1897, Vorony became involved in Ukrainian theater groups such as Kropivnitsky and Saksagansky, among others. He resided in Kiev and contributed to various Ukrainian publications, primarily the newspaper "Rada" and the journal "Literaturno-Naukoviy Vistnik." Vorony received favorable reviews from Ukrainian critics for his poetry.
In 1901, Vorony published an "Open Letter" in the journal "Literaturno-Naukoviy Vistnik," inviting Ukrainian writers to participate in a literary almanac that would align with contemporary European literary trends. The almanac, titled "Z nad khmar i dolin," was edited by Vorony and published in Odessa in 1903. Its modernist approach was embraced by Vorony and his collaborators.
Vorony's poetic style excelled in smaller lyrical pieces with an elegiac mood. He effortlessly navigated various poetic forms and incorporated certain elements of Verlaine and Balmont into Ukrainian poetry. However, his poems on social topics tended to lack literary finesse.
In 1912, the first volume of Vorony's poems, titled "Lirychni poezii," was published in Kiev. His work has been discussed in various sources such as S. Efremov's "History of Ukrainian Literature" (Saint Petersburg, 1911) and S.F. Rusova's "Contemporary Ukrainian Lyrics" ("Ukrainskaia Zhizn," 1912, No. 4).
