Myroslava Sopilka, real name Yulia Semenivna Mysko-Pastushenko (29 August 1897 – 28 November 1937), was a Ukrainian poet and novelist.
Myroslava Sopilka | |
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| Born | Yulia Semenivna Mysko 29 August 1897 |
| Died | 28 November 1937 (aged 40) |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, novelist |
Biography
editMyroslava Sopilka was born in Vynnyky, Lviv oblast on 29 August 1897 as one of five children[1] in the family of peasants.[2]
Her works were first published in 1928 in the magazines Vikna, Syaivo, and various newspapers.[3] At the end of 1930, she moved with her husband and two children[4] to Soviet Ukraine, first to the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, where she worked in the local history museum. Then (1932) Myroslava Sopilka moved to Kharkiv.[5] She was a member of the Western Ukraine literary organization.[6] In 1931 she published the book of poems Working Hands. She also acted as a novelist, leaving the novel The Cozy City of Superstitions.
On 12 May 1929, Myroslava Sopilka was among the founders of the literary group Gorno - with her were Vasyl Bobynskyi, Andriy Voloshchak, Oleksandr Gavrylyuk, Yaroslav Galan, Petro Kozlanyuk, Yaroslav Kondra, Nina Matulivna, and Stepan Tudor.[3]
On 30 September 1937, Myroslava Sopilka was arrested together with her husband Mykhailo Pastushenko and accused of spying for Polish intelligence.[2] During the interrogations, neither she nor her husband compromised themselves in anything and rejected all the accusations of the investigation.[2] And yet, on 22 November 1937, a special meeting of The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs of the USSR (NKVD) sentenced the poet to be shot. The sentence was executed on 28 November in Kyiv.[5] Most likely, her body was buried at the Lukyaniv Cemetery.[7] For a long time, nothing was known about her fate. It was officially believed that she died in exile on 18 November 1942.
Myroslava Sopilka was rehabilitated posthumously.[2]
A street in the city of Vynnyky is named after Myroslava Sopilka.
In 1973, a collection of selected works of Myroslava Sopilka To the Sun was published.
References
edit- ^ "ТЕНДІТНА СОПІЛКА". Газета "Подолянин" (in Ukrainian). 27 April 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d "…З ПОРОГА СМЕРТІ… Письменники України – жертви сталінських репресій". ukrlife.org. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ a b Квітка, Віталій (22 November 2021). ""Віяла крил" Мирослави Сопілки". Український інтерес. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "ЦЕНТРАЛЬНИЙ ДЕРЖАВНИЙ АРХІВ-МУЗЕЙ ЛІТЕРАТУРИ І МИСТЕЦТВА УКРАЇНИ : Путівник (2014)". resource.history.org.ua. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Обірвана мелодія Мирослави Сопілки: до 125-ліття від дня народження поетки". armyinform.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ ""Західна Україна"". Словник літературознавчих термінів. 20 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "В 1955 году был издан указ, согласно которому спецслужбы сообщали членам семей расстрелянных, что их родственники были приговорены к 10 годам лагере и умерли там от язвы желудка". fakty.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 17 September 2022.