Vasyl Stus
Poet and translator
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Vasyl Semenovych Stus was a Ukrainian poet, translator, literary critic, journalist, and an active member of the Ukrainian dissident movement. Wikipedia
Born: January 6, 1938, Rakhnivka, Ukraine
Died: September 4, 1985 (age 47 years), Perm-36, Kuchino, Russia
Books: Road of Pain and Lysty do syna
Spouse: Valentyna Popeliukh (m. 1965–1985)
Children: Dmytro Stus
Education: Donetsk National University (1954–1959)
Awards: Shevchenko National Prize and Antonovych Prize