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Oleksandr Oles

Ukrainian symbolist poet and playwright (1878-1944) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 65

Oleksandr Oles was a prominent Ukrainian writer and poet. He is the father of another Ukrainian poet and political activist, Oleh Olzhych, who perished in the Nazi labor camps in 1944. He was tortured and later found dead in his cell at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

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Country
Russia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1878 to 1944 · aged 65