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For the benefit of the reader, we are including a brief biographical sketch of each of
the authors – recognized literary figures who have prepared this very valuable
collection which, we hope, will encourage a desire to learn more about the life and
work of the Four Immortals.
TARAS SHEVCHENKO
Yevhen Shabliovsky, a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences, Ukr. SSR.
Author of a number of literary works among them some fundamental studies of the
works of the Great Kobzar. One such highly acclaimed literary contribution is his
Humanism of Shevchenko in Our Time, translated into English by Mary Skrypnyk, coeditor
of The Ukrainian Canadian, a popular monthly magazine, published in Toronto,
Canada.
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN
Nina Krutikova, a leading literary critic. Her specialty is studies of the times and life of
this Russian poetic genius. She is a corresponding member of the Academy of
Sciences, Ukr. SSR, and has written many educational essays, the most popular of
which are Literary Relations of the Russian and Ukrainian People, Gogol and Ukrainian
Literature, On the Creations of I. S. Nechui-Levytsky, Marko Vovchok: Life and Work.
WALT WHITMAN
Vitafiy Korotych today heads the editorial staff of the magazine Vsesvit (The World).
Before embarking upon a literary career, he graduated from Kiev's Medical Institute
and spent some time working as a doctor. Later, he changed his professional interests
and became a writer. His first book of verse, entitled Golden Hands, hit the shelves in
1961. It was followed by a rapid succession of collections of his poetry, publicistic
writings and translations of foreign poets.
YANKA KUPALA
Roman Lubkivsky was recently elected Chairman of Lviv's branch of the Writers'
Union, Ukr. SSR. His name became known in Ukrainian literature in 1958. Since then,
his works have systematically appeared in journals and magazines, as well as in
separate publications. His original collection of poetry met an exceptionally warm
response of the critics, let alone the readers, as did his many popular literary writings.
He is also known for his translations from Bulgarian, Byelorussian, Slovak and Czech.
MICHAEL HANUSIAK, EMIL SENUK