Mykola Lukash

Ukrainian translator (1919–1988).

Born December 19th, 1919 in Krolevets.

Died August 29th, 1988 at 68 years old in Kyiv.

Occupations
linguist, literary historian, literary scholar, polyglot, translator, translator of Adam Mickiewicz
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel