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Hnat Khotkevych (pseudonym - Hnat Halayda; 1877-1938) was a Ukrainian writer, historian, bandura player, composer, and art critic. He was a victim of Stalin's terror.

His cycle of short stories "Life Analogies" has sections, each of which consists of "zoomorphic" and "anthropomorphic" parts. The "zoomorphic" section sets the tone, general images and themes, and resembles a parable based on animal life. "Anthropomorphic" is a reflection of the first situation, but transferred to the plane of human problems and characters, the essence of human existence. In this way, the writer leads the reader to his main modern worldview positions : "The Stone Soul", "Dovbush", "Bohdan Khmelnytsky", "Historical Essays", "Taras Shevchenko".