Bohdan Ihor Antonych

Bohdan-Ihor Vasyliovych Antonych (Богдан-Ігор Васильович Антонич; 5 October 1909 – 6 July 1937) was a 20th-century Ukrainian poet. In 1934 Antonych received third prize honours from the Ivan Franko Society of Writers and Journalists for his work Three Signet Rings.

Biography
Antonych was born and raised in the Lemko village of Nowica where his father, Vasyl, was a parish priest. In 1928 Antonych left Nowica to study at Lviv University, where he remained until he received his degree in Slavic studies in 1933. In order to help finance his chosen career of professional writer, he occasionally worked as an editor for journals such as Dazhboh and Karby. Antonych died from pneumonia on 6 July 1937. In October 2009, the National Bank of Ukraine issued a commemorative coin in his honor as a part of their "Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine" series.

In his poetry he combines the principles of imagism with a life-affirming paganism inspired by Lemko folklore. He declared himself "a pagan in love with life" and "a poet of spring intoxication".

Selected works

 * Autobiography (Автобіографія)
 * The Green Gospel (Зелена Євангелія). Lviv, 1938
 * Book of the Lion (Книга Лева). Lviv, 1936;
 * На другому березі (unfinished)
 * Welcome to Life [Привітання життя]. Lviv, 1931;
 * Song on the Indestructibility of Matter (Пісня про незнищенність матерії)
 * Rotations (Ротації). Lviv, 1938.
 * Three Rings (Три перстені). Lviv, 1934;
 * Ukrainian translations of Rainer Maria Rilke's works