Ihor Rymaruk
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| Born | 4 July 1958 Mjakoty, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| 💀Died | 3 August 2008 (aged 50) Lviv3 August 2008 (aged 50) |
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Ihor Mykolaiowytsch Rymaruk (Ukrainian: І́гор Микола́йович Римару́к; wiss. lit: Ihor Mikolajowitsch Rimaruk; born: 4 July 1958 in Mjakoty, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic; died: 3 October 2008 in Lviv) was a Ukrainian poet and editor.
Life
Childhood
Ihor Rymaruk was the son of Mykolai Y. Rymaruk and Galina Rymaruk. His father worked in a managerial position in Kolkhoz, the so-called collective farm, a large agricultural, cooperatively organized company in the Soviet Union. His mother was a principal in a secondary school. Ihor Rymaruk began writing poems while still at school.
Study and employment
After graduating from school, he enrolled at the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev where he studied journalism and graduated with honors in 1979. In 1978 he made his debut in the magazine Dnipro, where he later became editorial director. The magazine and the publishing house of the same name publish contemporary Ukrainian authors in the fields of prose, poetry and drama. The magazine also deals with the literary tradition in Ukraine and the biographies of influential Ukrainian writers. From 1984 Rymaruk was a member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine and became vice-president of the association. In the same year his first volume of poetry, Das Hohe Wasser (Wisoka woda), was published. Other volumes of poetry followed during his lifetime, such as “During the Snowfall” (Uprodowsch snihopadu) in 1988, and Voices of the Night (Nitschni holosi) in 1991. In 2002 he was awarded the Taras Shevchenko Prize, which was awarded in various categories from literature to theater or Journalism.
Death
On October 3, 2008, Ihor Rymaruk died in a hospital as a result of a car accident. He is buried in Lychakiv Cemetery. [1] Three more volumes of his poetry were published posthumously.
Services
Editorship
In 1990, Rymaruk published the anthology The Eighties, which brought together important authors of this generation who were unable to publish in the Brezhnev era. This Ukrainian 80s generation, to which Rymaruk also belonged, turned against traditional forms in literature and oriented itself more towards European authors. He was particularly interested in the post-Austrian cultural area of the 20th century (Franz Kafka, Milan Kundera, etc.). For Rymaruk, responsibility and social commitment were also crucial criteria for the poet's position in society. Rymaruk saw not only poetic innovation, but also ethical action as the task of a writer.
Along with Oleh Zujewskyj he addressed the key Shevchenko Lecture 1989 at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS).[2]
Lyrics
In addition to his work as an editor, Rymaruk also wrote his own poems, which are characterized by the originality and richness of poetic images. He wrote both in the strict classical form, which is still widespread in Ukraine today, and in free verse. In doing so, he also applied the described criterion of responsibility to himself as an author. He saw himself as part of Ukrainian history and also placed his poems within a literary tradition. Both Yevhen Pluzhnyk and Yevhen Malanjuk were his role models. Rymaruk's poems also received notable recognition abroad: they were translated into many languages, including English, Polish, Spanish, Romanian, Swedish and German. In these languages they were printed and published mainly in anthologies of Ukrainian literature.
The following is a text example from the poem “O yes, I am guilty and confess”:
O tak, ja winen. Tak, ja wisnaju:
u prihistok sabiwschis(j)pritajemnij,
'prihriw na hrudjach ja,nemow smiju,
zej sapital(j)nij snak,
zej sumniw temnij.
Oh yes, I am guilty and confess:
secluded in a secret corner,
I have like a snake
this question mark
this doubt
nourished at my breast.
His volume of poetry “Diva Obida”, which was published in 2000, won the “Book of the Year 2000” competition in the “Voice of the Soul” category at the Ukrainian Iwan Franko Book Publishing House. The Ukrainian writer and literary critic Marianna Kiyanowska wrote: “The Rymaruk phenomenon consists in the same phenomenon (and secret) of old Ukrainian songs, in particular the traditional Ukrainian Christmas carol (Ukr. koljadka) and the traditional New Year's song (Ukr. shchedrovka): With them the words are hidden - but in reality they are planted and begin to sprout, rooted words, words that give fruit..."
Publications
- The High Water (Wisoka woda), 1984.
- During the snowfall (Uprodowsch snihopadu), 1988.
- Voices of the Night (Nitschni holosi), 1991.
- Golden Rain (Solotij doschtsch), German-Ukrainian Edition Poetry, Brodina, Reichelsheim, 1996.
- Virgin Obida (Diwa Obida), 2000, 2002.
- Bermuda Triangle (Bermuds(j)kij trikutnik), 2007.
- Tears of the Virgin (Sl(j)osa bogorodiz), 2009.
- Your Good Time (Dobroe wremja Twoe), 2011.
- Divine Breath: Last Poems (Boschestwenniy witer: ostanni wirschi), 2012.
Literature
- Anja-Halja Horbatsch: Ihor Rymaruk, Goldener Regen. Brodina Verlag, Reichelsheim 1996, S. 2–5
- Anja-Halja Horbatsch: Die Ukraine im Spiegel ihrer Literatur: Dichtung als Überlebensweg eines Volkes; Beiträge. Brodina Verlag Reichelsheim, 1997
References
- ↑ Cemetery Administration, of the museum "Lychakiv". "Ihor Rymaruk". lviv-lychakiv.com.ua. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ↑ "Shevchenko Lecture 1989—Oleh Zujewskyj with Ihor Rymaruk · CIUS-Archives". cius-archives.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
External links
- Überblick über aktuelle Entwicklungen in der ukrainischen Literatur (PDF; 187 kB)
- Webseite des dnipro Magazins (ukrainisch)
- Der Schriftstellerverband der Ukraine in der ukrainischsprachigen Wikipedia
- Rymaruk zum Nachhören
- Writer's Union of Ukraine in der englischsprachigen Wikipedia
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