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Ilya Ehrenburg
(Poet)
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Birthdate: January 26, 1891
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: August 31, 1967
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Henry Roth
(Novelist)
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Birthdate: February 8, 1906
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tysmenytsya, Ukraine
Died: October 13, 1995
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Markiyan Kamysh
(Writer)
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Birthdate: October 19, 1988
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
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Anatoly Kuznetsov
(Writer)
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Birthdate: August 18, 1929
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: June 13, 1979
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Vladimir Korolenko
(Ukrainian-Russian Writer and Journalist)
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Birthdate: July 27, 1853
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Died: December 25, 1921
Most renowned for his short novel The Blind Musician, Russian author and journalist Vladimir Korolenko was known for his depiction of the plight of the disadvantaged sections of society. In his early days, his revolutionary activities got him expelled from two colleges. Makar’s Dream remains one of his best-known stories.
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Gregor von Rezzori
(Novelist)
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Birthdate: May 13, 1914
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Died: April 23, 1998
While he initially studied mining, medicine, and architecture, Gregor von Rezzori eventually graduated in arts. Fluent in several languages, he had a successful stint as a journalist and became known for both for his light novels and the more poignant ones such as Memoirs of an Anti-Semite.
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Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky
(Author)
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Birthdate: September 17, 1864
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Died: April 25, 1913
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Avrom Goldfaden
(Author)
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Birthdate: July 24, 1840
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Starokostyantyniv, Ukraine
Died: January 9, 1908
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Yevgeny Petrov
(Writer)
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Birthdate: December 13, 1903
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Odesa, Ukraine
Died: July 2, 1942
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Micha Josef Berdyczewski
(Author)
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1
Birthdate: August 7, 1865
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Medzhibozh, Ukraine
Died: November 18, 1921
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Boris Savinkov
(Russian Revolutionary, Author, and Socialist Revolutionary Party Leader)
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Birthdate: January 31, 1879
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Died: May 7, 1925
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Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky
(Writer)
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Birthdate: November 25, 1838
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Steblev, Ukraine
Died: April 2, 1918
