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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37222/2524-0331-2019-9(27)-24

Nakonechna Zoriana

The publicism of Yevhen Yavorivskyi (1893—1954) in the Ukrainian periodicals

Abstract: 

The journalistic and editorial activities of the Ukrainian pedagogue, journalist, active public figure Yevhen Yavorivskyi have been studied. The main topics raised in his publications have been identified. The press publications he cooperated with, have been comprehensively explored, specifically, the periodicals of the concern «Ukraiinska Presa».

The relevance of the topic is determined by insufficient research on the Yevhen Yavorivskyi’s activities. He greatly influenced the development of the Ukrainian press in a positive way. The Yevhen Yavorivskyi’s journalism was published on the pages of such Ukrainian periodicals: «Dilo» (Lviv, 1880—1939s), «Zhyttia i Znannia» (Lviv, 1927—1939s), «Ukrainske Slovo» (Yavoriv, 1929—1939s); also its publisher and the editor-in-chief), «Litopys Chervonoi Kalyny» (Lviv, 1929—1939s), «Zmahannia» (Sokal, 1931—1932s), «Litavry» (Kyiv, 1941), «Vinnytski visti» (Vinnytsya, 1941—1943s), «Dniprova khvylia» (Kremenchuk, 1941—1943s), «Lvivski visti» (Lviv, 1941—1944s), «Nashi Dni» (Lviv, 1941—1944s) and others. While in Lviv, Yevhen Yavorivskyi actively participated in the activities of the publishing house of I. Tiktor’s «Ukrainska Presa». He published his articles in the newspapers «Novyi Chas», «Narodnia Sprava», «Nash Prapor», and also had been responsible for the preparation of books of this concern. For many years, Yevhen Yavorivskyi actively cooperated with «Svoboda» — the Ukrainian newspaper in the USA. According to the reference sources, after leaving his native land (Ukraine) in 1944, he moved first to Innsbruck (Austria), then from 1950 he relocated to the USA). Over there he was a member of the editorial board of the «Vilna Ukraina» magazine (Detroit, since 1954). Moreover, we have managed to elucidate that he was a regular contributor to the «Narodna Volia» (Olyphant, 1911—1913; Scranton, 1913).

The main topics of Yevhen Yavorivskyi’s journalistic (memoir) publications were the reminiscences of 1917—1921s (at that time he served in the ranks of the Ukrainian Galician Army), the analysis of Ukrainian political events, the explanation of the necessity for enlightenment, specifically reading, as well as the organization of the Ukrainian educational institutions, informing about the current state as well as novelties in the Ukrainian book publishing.

Key words: Yevhen Yavorivskyi, magazine, article, journalism, memoirs, publishing concern, «Ukrainska presa», editor.

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