Ivan Yakovych Franko (Ukrainian: Іван Якович Франко, [iˈwɑn ˈjɑkowɪtʃ frɐnˈkɔ]; 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, and the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language.
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27 August 1856 Naguevychi, Galicia
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Died |
28 May 1916 (aged 59) Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine)
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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