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Oleksa Stefanovych (1899—1970)

Poet, literary critic. He was born in 1899 in the village of Myliavtsi, Ostroh district, Volyn, in the family of an Orthodox priest. In 1914, he graduated from the theological school in Klevan (Rivne region), and in 1919 - from the theological seminary in Zhytomyr. From 1922 to 1944, he lived in Prague, where he studied at the Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University (1922-1928), after which he received a doctorate in philosophy (dissertation "Metlynskyi as a poet"). In 1928-1930 he taught at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Ukrainian Free University. In 1944-1949, he lived in Germany, and since 1949 - in Buffalo (USA).

The following books of the poet were published: «Poetry» (1927), «Stefanos I» (1938), «Collected Works» (1975, posthumously), which include poetry collections Stefanos II, End of the World, Fragments, and articles about O. Blyzhko and O. Olzhych).