Romen, Petro

Visti z Ukrainy: v 30-ti rokovyny zhovtnevoi revoliutsii [News from Ukraine: Reflecting on the 30th Anniversary of the October Revolution]

Surma, 1947. Item #841

Book measures: 20 x 14 cm. 83 pages. Text in Ukrainian. Very good copy, with a former library label on the front wrapper.

Petro Holubenko (born Petro Ivanovych Shatun; also known by pseudonyms: Petro Romen, Dm. Karmazin, D. Shumenko; 1907 – 1987) was a Ukrainian literary critic, publicist, and political figure. Holubenko began his literary career in the 1920s, writing poetry and prose for various publications. During World War II, he worked as a school inspector in the Dergachi district while actively participating in the Ukrainian nationalist resistance against the Soviet regime. Concurrently, he voiced criticism against Stalin's policies in Ukraine and campaigned for the country's independence. Consequently, he was arrested by Soviet authorities and initially sentenced to death, a punishment later commuted to service in a penal battalion. Captured by the Germans in 1943, he found himself interned in the displaced persons camp "Orlyk" in Berchtesgaden, Germany, where he continued his journalistic endeavors. His contributions included the publication of an article titled "Khvylovy and Modernity" in the camp's journal "Orlyk" in 1945. In addition to the presented work, he authored the study "VAPLITE" (1948), and the article "Khvylovy and Shevchenko" (1948). He later emigrated to the United States.

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