
Mykola Kulish
personal-info
known-for
Writing
gender
Male
birthday
1892-12-18
place-of-birth
Chaplynka, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kherson Oblast, Ukraine]
also-known-as
Микола Гурович Куліш
Nikolay Kulish
biography
Mykola Hurovych Kulish was a Ukrainian prose writer, playwright, pedagogue, veteran of World War I. He is considered to be one of the lead figures of the Executed Renaissance; he was murdered by the NKVD during Stalin’s Great Terror. Kulish was a member of VAPLITE and worked with theatrical group Berezil led by Les Kurbas.