Writing
Yevhen Hutsalo
Born — Died
1937-01-14 — 1995-07-04
Place of birth
Staryi Zhyvotiv, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Novozhyvotiv, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine]
Known for
Writing
Credits
3 titles
A prominent Soviet Ukrainian writer since the 1960s. A graduate of the Nizhyn Pedagogical Institute (1959), he was first published in 1960 and is the author of over 25 novella and short-story collections, several of them for children. Considered in the 1960s one of the shistdesiatnyky — the postwar generation of writers and cultural activists who rejected Stalinist methods and ideology and pushed for cultural and political liberalization — he subsequently chose the safe life of an official writer over one of opposition to the regime. Hutsalo's works are noted for their detail, lyrical descriptions of nature, psychological portraits, and abundant use of the rural vernacular.
Known for
5.0While watching Dovzhenko's Earth a young man imagines himself a painter in a Ukrainian village in the 1930s. All is pastoral idyll until the authorities arrive with Soviet wrath for tradition and religion.
The Downfall of Deities
1988
In the urban crowd, an elderly woman suddenly sees an elderly man, whose appearance suddenly brought to mind front-line episodes - fierce battles with the Nazis, rare moments of calm and communication with this fearless soldier, whom she, a nurse, is in love with.
Stop, For a Moment...
1979
10.0Vasyl Vilgota raised two sons. One of them died on the fronts of the Second World War, defending the homeland, and the second served as Hilfspolizei. Vilgota himself also helped the Nazis. Although he carefully hides this fact of his biography, there is one man who knows the truth about him.
Straw Bells
1987
Behind the camera
5.0While watching Dovzhenko's Earth a young man imagines himself a painter in a Ukrainian village in the 1930s. All is pastoral idyll until the authorities arrive with Soviet wrath for tradition and religion.
The Downfall of Deities
1988
In the urban crowd, an elderly woman suddenly sees an elderly man, whose appearance suddenly brought to mind front-line episodes - fierce battles with the Nazis, rare moments of calm and communication with this fearless soldier, whom she, a nurse, is in love with.
Stop, For a Moment...
1979
10.0Vasyl Vilgota raised two sons. One of them died on the fronts of the Second World War, defending the homeland, and the second served as Hilfspolizei. Vilgota himself also helped the Nazis. Although he carefully hides this fact of his biography, there is one man who knows the truth about him.
Straw Bells
1987