Vadym Leontiyovych Skurativskiy is a Ukrainian art historian and critic, an expert in literature, philologist, and political essayist. He is a professor at the
(since 1990)
*Member of
Writer's Union of Ukraine
The National Writers' Union of Ukraine () (''НСПУ'') is a voluntary social-creative association of professional writers, poets, prose writers, playwrights, critics, and translators.
History
The National Writers' Union of Ukraine was found ...
(since 1997).
Scientific work and publications
Vadym Skurativskiy's books and monographs include:
*Essay on the world literature, 1995
*''The Question of the Authorship of "
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
''The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'' is a fabricated text purporting to detail a Jewish plot for global domination. Largely plagiarized from several earlier sources, it was first published in Imperial Russia in 1903, translated into multip ...
"'', 2001
Public life
Vadym Skurativskiy is well known both for his contribution to the education and popularization of historical science and scientific merits. He is widely contributing to the today's political discussions with the focus on universal values and human development. Vadнm Skurativskiy is an author of more than 1000 publications in Ukrainian press.
Work in cinematography
Was author-presenter of the documentary TV series "Fresh look on the history" (Ukraine National TV-2, 1996); "Monologues. Hopes and Losses" (TV Studio
1+1
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...
, 1997–98; "See the sole" (Ukraine National TV-1, 2002)
Played as an actor in movies "Birthmark", 1991; "Josephine: the mouse singer" (based on works of
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of Litera ...
), 1994; "Noise of the wind", 2002.
Received the Prix of Stozhary film festival for the best performance by non-professional actor for his role in "Josephine: the mouse singer" (based on works of
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of Litera ...
)
Honours
Honoured Art Worker of Ukraine (2011)
Interesting facts
In 1971-78 Vadym Skurativskiy was an editor of the critics department of
Vsesvit
''Vsesvit'' (, ) is a Ukrainian periodical that publishes exclusive translations of world classics and contemporary works of literature, covers different aspects of cultural, artistic, social, and political life in all parts of the world. The Uk ...
(Universe) -- Ukrainian magazine of foreign literature. He has been fired on the accusation for "nationalistic inclinations"
Since 1998 and up until 2012 Vadym Skurativskiy had an author's column in ''Stolichnye Novosti'' weekly newspaper
References
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Ukrainian literary historians
Ukrainian art critics
Living people
Soviet literary historians
Soviet male writers
Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni
1941 births