# Oleh Lysheha

> Oleh Lysheha was a Ukrainian poet, playwright, translator and intellectual. Lysheha entered Lviv University in 1968, where during his last year, he was expelled for his participation in an "unofficial" literary circle, Lviv Bohema. As punishment, Lysheha was drafted into the Soviet army and internally exiled. During the period 1972-1988, he was banned from official publication, but in 1989 his first book Great Bridge was published. For "The Selected Poems of Oleh Lysheha," Lysheha and his co-translator James Brasfield from Penn State University, received the 2000 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation published by the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. Lysheha is the first Ukrainian poet to receive the PEN award.

*Ukrainian poet, playwright, translator (1949–2014)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/oleh-lysheha

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1949-10-30
- **Died:** 2014-12-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [اوليه ليشيها](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7)
- [Oleh Lyscheha](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleh_Lyscheha)
- [Oleh Lysheha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleh_Lysheha)
- [اوله لیشیها](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%87%D8%A7)
- [Oleh Lyšeha](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleh_Ly%C5%A1eha)
- [Oleh Lysheha](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleh_Lysheha)
- [ოლეგ ლიშეგა](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%92_%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%90)
- [Ołeh Łyszeha](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%C5%82eh_%C5%81yszeha)
- [Oleh Lysheha](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleh_Lysheha)
- [Лышега, Олег Богданович](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8B%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Oleh Lysheha](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleh_Lysheha)
- [Лишега Олег Богданович](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Oleh_Ly%C5%A1eha)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7086203)

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