Babiy, Oles

Zhnyva: poemy [The Harvest: Poems]

Augsburg: Drukarnia Dmytra Sazhyna, 1946. Illustrated wrappers. Item #822

15 cm. 64 pages. Text in Ukrainian. On title page verso: Alexander Babij: "ТНЕ HARVEST" The Ukrainian poems. The cover is illustrated by Edward Kozak. A good copy with light wear to the wrappers.

Oles Iosifovych Babiy (1897-1975), known by his pseudonym Khmelyk, was a Ukrainian writer, literary critic, and the author of the March of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN anthem). He made significant contributions to Ukrainian literature and earned a Doctor of Literary Studies degree. His work played a pivotal role in the literary landscape, and his legacy endures. In 1944, Babiy emigrated abroad to Germany, where he resided in displaced persons camps in Karlsfeld and Munich for a period of four years.

Price: $200.00