Ivan Franko

Biography

Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language.

Birthday

Aug 27, 1856

Place of birth

Nahuievychi, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire [now Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]

Deathday

May 28, 1916

Also known as

• Іван Якович Франко
• І. Я. Франко