Background
Vishnia, Ostap was born in 1889 in Hrun’, near Sumy.
Vishnia, Ostap was born in 1889 in Hrun’, near Sumy.
Studied at Kiev University, 1917. Studied at Kiev University, 1917.
Became a well-known and popular satirist in the 1920s. Collected works(Usmishki, 4 vols), 1930. Especially liked in his native Ukraine.
His works have been translated into several other languages in the USSR. Arrested, 1934, and sent to Gulag camps. Released during World War II. His works began to reappear after Stalin’s death.