Levko Borovykovsky
Illustration — Levko Borovykovsky Levko Borovykovsky ([Borovykovs'kyj] (22 February 1806 – 26 December 1889 in Myliushky village, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire) was a Ukrainian romantic poet, writer, translator, and folklorist. After graduating in 1830 from Kharkiv University, Borovykovsky taught in a Kursk gymnasium and from 1839 in the Poltava Institute for Daughters of the Nobility. In 1852 he became a gymnasium inspector in Poltava gubernia and retired a few years later.
Levko Borovykovsky
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- Born
- 1806 · Khorolsky Uyezd.
- Died
- 1889 · Poltava.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- poet · writer · folklorist · ethnographer · translator of adam mickiewicz · ethnologist
- Fields
- poetry · folklore
- Education
- National University of Kharkiv
- Languages
- Ukrainian
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Illustration — Levko Borovykovsky Levko Borovykovsky ([Borovykovs'kyj] (22 February 1806 – 26 December 1889 in Myliushky village, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire) was a Ukrainian romantic poet, writer, translator, and folklorist. After graduating in 1830 from Kharkiv University, Borovykovsky taught in a Kursk gymnasium and from 1839 in the Poltava Institute for Daughters of the Nobility. In 1852 he became a gymnasium inspector in Poltava gubernia and retired a few years later.
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His works were first published in 1828, and he was one of the first poets of the Kharkiv Romantic School. Borovykovsky successfully nationalised the Gothic-Romantic theme of Marusia, enriching its plot with elements of Ukrainian ethnography, including folklore. During his lifetime only one collection of his writings was published, Baiky i Prybaiutky [Fables and Sayings] (1852), which brought him recognition as a storyteller. He also translated the poetry of Horace, Aleksandr Pushkin, and Adam Mickiewicz, compiled a Ukrainian dictionary, and collected Ukrainian folklore.
Levko Borovykovsky is recorded as poet, writer, folklorist, ethnographer and translator of adam mickiewicz.
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1806
Levko Borovykovsky was born in 1806 at Khorolsky Uyezd.
1889
Levko Borovykovsky died in 1889 at Poltava.
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