Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky


Ivan Semenovych Nechuy-Levytsky was a well-known Ukrainian writer.

Biography

Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky was born on to the family of a peasant priest in Stebliv. In 1847 he entered the Bohuslav religious school. Upon graduation from the Kiev Theological Academy in 1865, he taught Russian language, history, and geography in the Poltava Theological Seminary and, later, in different gymnasiums in Kalisz, Siedlce, and Kyshyniv.
He started writing in 1865. His works appeared in Kievan and Galician publishing houses and periodicals such as Rada, Pravda, Dilo, and Zoria magazines. His includes social and popular history novels, dramas, comedies, and fairy tales. Among his most famous works are the novel Kaidash's Family and the comedy At Kozhumyaky, which was later remade into the play Chasing Two Hares by Mykhailo Starytsky. In 1961 the play was adapted as a popular comedy movie of the same name.
Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky died of hunger in 2 April 1918 in one of almshouses of Kiev. He was buried at the Baikove Cemetery.

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