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Ostap Vyshnia

Born
Nov 13, 1889 · Aged 66
Died
Sep 28, 1956
Place of birth
Chechva, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [now Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]
Gender
Male
Movie credits
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Also known as (3)
  • Ostap Vyshnya
  • Ostap Vishnya
  • Павло Губенко

Biography

Ostap Vyshnia (real name Pavlo Hubenko) was a Ukrainian writer, humourist, satirist, and medical official (feldsher). Nicknamed by many critics as the Ukrainian Mark Twain and the Ukrainian Printing King. Hubenko's first published work, Denikin's Democratic Reforms, appeared on 2 November 1919 in the newspaper Narodna Volia under the pen name P. Hrunsky. Several satirical articles were also printed in this same newspaper by the young writer. His period of regular publication began in April 1921, when he became a journalist with the government newspaper News of the All-Ukrainian Central…