Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny
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| Born | January 12, 1894 Kozel, Russian Empire |
| Died | December 4, 1925 (age 31) Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | poet, politician |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Period | 1920-1933 |
| Genre | poetry, publicistic writing |
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Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny (Ukrainian: Василь Еллан-Блакитний), born Vasyl Ellansky (Ukrainian: Василь Елланський) was a Ukrainian poet, journalist and politician.
Ellansky was a founder of the Borotbists party, since 1920 he had been a member of Central committee of the Ukrainian Communist Party. In 1923 he found a literary organization of Ukrainian revolutionary writers "Hart" (Ukrainian: Гарт which means hardening). As his literary debut he had published symbolist poetry; Blakytny as one of the first in Ukrainian literature had been writing proletarian poetry; among his works were also satirical feuilletons and political publicistic.
He died of a heart disease aged 31. In 1930s his works were considered as a manifestation of Ukrainian nationalism and became prohibited; the monument of him in Kharkiv was demolished.
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