Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny
Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny, born Vasyl Ellansky 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". 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.
