Vasyl Stus

Ukrainian poet, publicist and dissident (1938–1985).

Born January 6th, 1938 in Rakhnivka. [ref]

Died September 4th, 1985 at 47 years old in Perm-36. [ref]

Occupations
human rights defender, journalist, literary critic, poet, teacher, translator, writer
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner