Littérature

1970 · 002950 — Toronto / New York: Obednannia Pratsivnykiv Literatury dlia Ditei i Molodi 1970. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 10 x 7; pp. 3-16; stapled pictorial wraps in beige red and brown; illustrated with drawings in orange and green by Iurii Kozak; small rubbed spots to corners and tips of spine; a tiny bookshop price label to upper corner of back wrap; in very good or better condition. Roman Zavadovych 1903 - 1985 writing under the pseudonyms Roman zi Slavnoi Fortissimo R. Rolianyk and M. Mamorsky was a writer poet and arguably one of the best known Ukrainian emigre children's authors. His literary career began in the 1920s with contributions of fairy tales poems and youth plays to various magazines. After spending time in a DP camp in Germany Zavadovych emigrated to the US and settled in Chicago. He co-founded the Association for Ukrainian Writers for Children and Youth OPDL together with Iurii Tyshchenko worked as a co-editor of "Veselka" magazine and wrote altogether during his life over 30 children's books many of which would be reprinted and issued in several editions. The illustrator Iurii Kozak 1933 - 2000 was a Ukrainian artist graphic designer sculptor and an undisputed master in church mosaics stained glass and frescoes. After emigrating to the US after WWII he contributed to various emigre journals and worked as a sculptor for General Motors. Obednannia Pratsivnykiv Literatury dlia Ditei i Molodi paperback books