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Makovey (Маковей) Osyp Stepanowich
(1867—1925)

Makovey was born into a peasant family near Lviv in Western Ukraine. He graduated from the University of Lviv in 1893, and began working first as an editorial assistant, and then as editor, of some of the leading newspapers and journals of the day. In 1901 he earned a doctorate from the University of Vienna and began teaching Ukrainian language and literature at pedagogical seminaries in Chernivtsi, Lviv, and Zalishchyky. He served in the Austrian army in WWI, and was jailed in 1921 for alleged anti-government activity. He embarked on his literary career by publishing translations of German poetry, and then went on to write poetry, short stories, two novelettes, numerous critical articles, introductions to the works of various authors, and studies of Ukrainian authors. He is best remembered, however, for his feuilletons that are marked by satire, humour, and good-natured observations of human foibles.

Ukraine, 1992, Osip Makovey