Background
KOVALENKO, Leonid was born in 1922 in village Germanovka, now Kiev Oblast.
Ukrainia poet and literature critic
KOVALENKO, Leonid was born in 1922 in village Germanovka, now Kiev Oblast.
1948 graduated Kiev University. Completed postgrad, course at Institute of Literature, Ukrainia Academy of Sciences.
1941-1945 commander of reconnaissance at the front. 1957-1958 Deputy Executive Editor, journal “Radyanske literaturoznavstvo” (Soviet Literary Criticism). Specialist in Soviet Ukrainia literature.