Oles Honchar
1918
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1995
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movement: socialist realism
genre: novel, short novel, short story, sketch story, novella
country of citizenship: Soviet Union, Ukraine
languages spoken, written or signed: Ukrainian
educated at: Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Kharkiv National University named for V.N. Karazin
occupation: journalist, writer, literary critic, politician, prosaist, opinion journalist, poet, critic
award received: Stalin Prize, USSR State Prize, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of the Red Star, Medal "For the Defence of Kyiv", Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, Medal "For Courage", Medal "For the Capture of Berlin", Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the October Revolution, Lenin Prize, Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Hero of Ukraine, Order of the State, Medal "Veteran of Labour", Honored badge of merit of the President of Ukraine, Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Shevchenko National Prize, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv", Order of Glory Third Class, Hero of Ukraine
position held: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Oleksandr "Oles" Terentiiovych Honchar (Ukrainian: Олесь Терентійович Гончар; 3 April 1918 – 14 July 1995) was a Soviet and Ukrainian writer and public figure. He also was a veteran of World War II and member of the Ukrainian parliament. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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