Ahatanhel Kryms′kyi

Vitaly Chernetsky (University of Kansas)

Ed. by Roman Koropeckyj, University of California, Los Angeles
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Dates

Born 3 Jan 1871
Died 25 Jan 1942
Activity c. 1900-1941

Places

Born in Ukraine
Active in Ukraine

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Teacher/ Professor

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Poet
Translator

Resources

Kryms′kyi's Works

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Ahatanhel Kryms′kyi (1871–1942) was an important early modernist writer and Ukraine’s leading Orientalist scholar whose life ended in the GULAG. One of the founders of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in 1918, he authored numerous scholarly publications in fields ranging from history to linguistics, in both Ukrainian and Russian. Among his scholarly writings are a three-volume history of Islam (1903–04); a two-volume history of Turkey and Turkish literature (1910–1916); a three-volume history of the Arabs and of Arabic literature (1911–1913); a three-volume history of Persia and Persian literature (1901–1914); one-volume histories of Turkish, Persian, and Arabic literatures published in the 1920s; a posthumously published history of modern Arabic literature; and numerous…

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Citation: Chernetsky, Vitaly. "Ahatanhel Kryms′kyi". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 January 2017 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13755, accessed 31 October 2024.]