Ostap Vyshnia
Writing
November 13, 1889
Died September 28, 1956 (66 years old)
Chechva, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [now Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]
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Acting Credits
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 192...
