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Stepan OleynikUkrainian Soviet poet
Date of Birth: 03.04.1908
Country:  Ukraine |
Content:
- Biography of Stepan Oleinik
- Education and Career
- Contributions during World War II
- Later Career and Achievements
- Works and Recognition
Biography of Stepan Oleinik
Stepan Ivanovich Oleinik was a Ukrainian Soviet poet, born on March 21 (April 3), 1908, in the village of Pasisely (now in the Baltsky district of the Odessa region) in a peasant family.
Education and Career
He spent his childhood in the village and in 1923, he moved to Odessa, where he studied at a secondary school. In 1929, he graduated from the Odessa Cooperative Technical School. From 1932 to 1934, he studied at the literary faculty of the Odessa Pedagogical Institute and worked as a literature teacher.
Contributions during World War II
During the Great Patriotic War, from December 1941 to November 1943, Stepan Ivanovich Oleinik was in Stalingrad and worked in the editorial office of the newspaper "Stalingradskaya Pravda".
Later Career and Achievements
In 1944, he returned to Kiev and became a permanent employee of the Ukrainian satirical and humor magazine "Perets" from 1946 onwards. He was also a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 1964 to 1970. Stepan Ivanovich Oleinik passed away on January 11, 1982, and was buried in Kiev at the Baikove Cemetery.
Works and Recognition
Stepan Ivanovich Oleinik's works have been published since 1926. He wrote a poem in Russian titled "Ivan Semenyuk" to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Soviet Ukraine. Another poem, "Ivan Kolyada," is dedicated to the post-war reconstruction of the village. His satirical collections, "My Compatriots" (1947) and "Signs of Spring" (1950), were published separately. His poems have been translated into many foreign languages and were frequently published in newspapers such as "Pravda" and other foreign publications.
He was awarded the Stalin Prize of the third degree in 1950 for his collection of satirical poems, "Our Acquaintances" (1948). Stepan Ivanovich Oleinik was also honored with two Orders of Lenin and the Order of Honor.
