Ivan Kotliarevsky
Ukrainian writer (1769–1838)
Born
Aug 29, 1769 (256)
Birth Place
Poltava
Nationality
Russian Empire
Died
1838-10-29
About
Ivan Petrovych Kotliarevsky was a Ukrainian writer, poet, playwright, and social activist, regarded as the pioneer of modern Ukrainian literature. His main work is the poem Eneida, a travesty of Virgil's Aeneid.