Dr. Iwan Franko - Wien, Austria
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N 48° 12.773 E 016° 22.108
33U E 601659 N 5340867
Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social & literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language
Waymark Code: WMVR0K
Location: Wien, Austria
Date Posted: 05/21/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NCDaywalker
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Oberhalb des Eingangs zum Haus Wipplingerstraße 24-26 befindet sich eine Gedenktafel für Dr. Iwan Franko mit folgender Inschrift in ukrainischer und deutscher Sprache:

In diesem Hause wohnte im Jahre 1894 der große ukrainische Dichter und Gelehrte Dr. Iwan Franko
Wien, 1960 - Ukrainischer Frauenbund und ukrainische Gemeinschaft

Informationen zur Person:

Iwan Franko (* 27. August 1856 in Nahujewytschi, Galizien, Kaisertum Österreich; † 28. Mai 1916 in Lemberg, Galizien) war ukrainischer Schriftsteller, Journalist, Literaturkritiker und Übersetzer. Neben Taras Schewtschenko hatte er großen Einfluss auf die entstehende moderne ukrainische Literatur und die Entwicklung des nationalen ukrainischen Gedankens.

Quelle und weitere Informationen: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwan_Franko

 
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Above the entrance to the house Wipplingerstraße 24-26 is a commemorative plaque for Dr. Iwan Franko with the following inscription in Ukrainian and German language:

In 1894 the great Ukrainian poet and Scholar Dr. Ivan Franko lived in this house.
Vienna, 1960 - Ukrainian Women's Union and Ukrainian Community

About the person:

Ivan Yakovych Franko (August 27 [O.S. August 15] 1856 – May 28 [O.S. May 15] 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language.

He was a political radical, and a founder of the socialist and nationalist movement in western Ukraine. In addition to his own literary work, he also translated the works of such renowned figures as William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Dante Alighieri, Victor Hugo, Adam Mickiewicz, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller into the Ukrainian language. Along with Taras Shevchenko, he has had a tremendous impact on modern literary and political thought in Ukraine.

Source and further information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Franko

Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]

Location: Above entrance of house Wipplingerstraße 24-26

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