Oleksandr Oles

Oleksandr Kandyba
Native name
Олександр Іванович Кандиба
Born(1878-11-23)23 November 1878
Bilopillia, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died22 July 1944(1944-07-22) (aged 65)
Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Pen nameOleksandr Oles
Occupationwriter and poet
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materKharkiv veterinary institute
Period1906-1944
ChildrenOleh Olzhych

Oleksandr Oles (born Oleksandr Ivanovych Kandyba, Ukrainian: Олександр Іванович Кандиба; 1878–1944) was a prominent Ukrainian writer and poet. He is the father of another Ukrainian poet and political activist, Oleh Olzhych, who perished in the Nazi labor camps in 1944.


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