Ivan Svitlychnyi

Ivan Svitlychnyi was born on 20 September 1929 in Polovynkyne, Luhansk Oblast to a family of farmers.

[1] Svitlychnyi became close to Vasyl Symonenko and helped circulate his poems in samizdat (typescript literature) and magnitizdat (unofficial audio tape recordings).

[2] Svitlychnyi's poetry in turn was translated into Russian by dissident Yuli Daniel.

In August 1965 he was arrested for his involvement in the club and was imprisoned for one year in labour camp.

He returned in a gravely ill condition, having suffered a stroke in prison camp.