Background
Hutsalo was born in Staryi Zhyvotiv, Vinnytsia oblast.
Hutsalo was born in Staryi Zhyvotiv, Vinnytsia oblast.
He graduated from the Nizhyn Pedagogical Institute in 1959, and was first published in 1960.
During the 1960s, Hutsalo was considered one of the "shestydesyatnyky" (the sixtiers), or those who were opposed to the oppressive communist regime. However, later on he chose to be an official writer rather than one opposed to the regime.
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Union of Writers.