Bohdan Ihor Antonych

• Name — Bohdan Ihor Antonych • Born — 5 October 1909 • Birthplace — Nowica, Galicia, Austria-Hungary • Died — 6 July 1937 • Place of death — Lviv, Poland • Occupation — Poet, writer, translator, literary critic • Citizenship — Austria-Hungary West Ukrainian People's Republic Ukrainian People's Republic Poland • Education — Lviv University • Period — 1931–1937 • Parents — Vasyl Antonych (father)

• Illustration — Grave of Bohdan Ihor Antonych at the Yaniv Cemetery in Lviv Antonych was born and raised in the Lemko village of Nowica where his father, Vasyl, was a parish priest. In 1928, Antonych left Nowica to study at Lviv University, where he remained until he received his degree in Slavic studies in 1933. From 1928 to 1933, Antonych was a student at the Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv, where he studied at the Faculty of Philosophy (specializing in Polish philology). In order to help finance his chosen career of professional writer, he occasionally worked as an editor for journals such as Dazhboh and Karby. Antonych died from pneumonia on 6 July 1937.

In his poetry, Antonych combined the principles of imagism with a life-affirming paganism inspired by Lemko folklore. He declared himself "a pagan in love with life" and "a poet of spring intoxication".

• Autobiography (Автобіографія) • The Green Gospel (Зелена Євангелія). Lviv, 1938 • Book of the Lion (Книга Лева). Lviv, 1936; • На другому березі (unfinished) • Welcome to Life [Привітання життя]. Lviv, 1931; • Song on the Indestructibility of Matter (Пісня про незнищенність матерії) • Rotations (Ротації). Lviv, 1938. • Three Rings (Три перстені). Lviv, 1934; • Ukrainian translations of Rainer Maria Rilke's works