Volodymyr Vynnychenko wrote at a period when the terms of literature itself were being argued over.
The record lists Volodymyr Vynnychenko as Ukrainian writer, playwright, artist, political activist, revolutionary, politician, and statesman (1880–1951).
Volodymyr Vynnychenko was born at Kropyvnytskyi in 1880. His recorded nationality is Ukrainian People's Republic. He was educated at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, literary form itself came under argument, and the certainties of the realist novel were dismantled.
He worked as politician, writer and playwright.
The writing is recorded in Russian.
Books outlive their reviews, and the ones that last are seldom the ones that sold best.
That the work was written from Ukrainian People's Republic matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Volodymyr Vynnychenko died in 1951, aged 71. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
