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Cheremshyna (Черемшина) Marko
(1874—1927)

Marko Cheremshyna, whose real name was Ivan Semaniuk, was a lawyer by profession, but became famous as a short story writer.

Cheremshyna earned a law degree from the University of Vienna in 1906 and maintained a law practice in Sniatyn. He started writing short stories around 1896 and published them in newspapers and journals. Because of his birth region, Cheremshyna is often placed together with Vasyl Stefanyk and Les Martovych in the ‘Pokutia triad.’ However, Cheremshyna's stories differ from the other two writers significantly. He is known for his portrayals of peasant life. His works incorporate the dialect and folk themes of his birthplace. He also translated short stories into Ukrainian from German, Czech, and Hungarian.

There is a museum of him in Sniatyn, Galicia where he is buried.

USSR, 1974.06.13, Ivano-Frankovsk. Birth centenary of Cheremshina

Ukraine, 1999, Marko Cheremshyna

USSR, 1973, Marko Cheremshina

USSR, 1974, Cheremshina's museum in Snyatin