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Ivan Franko

27 Aug, 1856 in Nahuievychi, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire [now Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]

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.

Also Known As:

Іван Якович Франко