Vasyl Symonenko

Ukrainian poet (1935–1963).

Born January 8th, 1935 in Lubny Raion. [ref]

Died December 13th, 1963 at 28 years old in Cherkasy (kidney failure). [ref]

Occupations
journalist, poet, short story writer
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