Borys Antonenko-Davydovych (), born Borys Davydov () was a
Ukrainian writer, translator and linguist. During the
Great Purge
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he was sentenced to the death penalty, which was later replaced with ten years jail in a
gulag
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. Antonenko-Davydovych wrote a number of prose books; he had been translating from German and Russian. One of the most famous of his works is "How do we speak" ''(Як ми говоримо)'' in which typical mistakes of Ukrainian speakers made under the influence of Russian language are considered.
Sources
* Юрій Лавріненко. Розстріляне відродження: Антологія 1917–1933. — Київ: Смолоскип, 2004.
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See also
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List of Ukrainian-language writers
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*Victoria Amelina (1986–2023), poet and novelist
* Nikolai Amosov (1913–2002), novelist, essayist, and medical writer
* Emma Andijewska (born ...
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List of Ukrainian literature translated into English
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1899 births
1984 deaths
People from Sumy Oblast
People from Romensky Uyezd
Ukrainian male writers
Soviet writers
Ukrainian People's Army personnel
Prisoners sentenced to death by the Soviet Union
Bamlag detainees
Male touring cyclists
Ukrainian victims of human rights abuses
Executed Renaissance