Yevhen Sverstiuk

Ukrainian poet (1928-2014).

Born December 13th, 1928 in Siltse.

Died December 1st, 2014 at 85 years old in Kyiv.

Occupations
literary scholar, man of letters, poet, translator, writer
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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