Vasyl Symonenko
Poet and journalist
Vasyl Andriiovych Symonenko was a Ukrainian poet, journalist, activist of dissident movement. He is considered one of the most important figures in Ukrainian literature of the early 1960s. Wikipedia
Born: January 8, 1935, Biivtsi, Ukraine
Died: December 13, 1963 (age 28 years), Cherkasy Regional Clinical Hospital, Cherkasy, Ukraine
Books: My People Will Always Be, I Live in Your Name, Shore of anticipation, and more
Spouse: Liudmyla Pivtoradni (m. ?–1963)
Education: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (1952–1957)
Children: Oles Symonenko
Parents: Andrii Symonenko and Hanna Shcherban