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Ivan Karpenko-Karyi

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Known For: Writing
Birthday: 1845-09-29
Place of Birth: Arsenivka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine]
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Also Known As: Іван Карпович Тобілевич, Ivan Karpenko-Karyy

Biography: Famous Ukrainian actor and playwright; the brother of the theater figures Panas Saksahanskyi, Mykola Sadovskyi, and Mariia Sadovska-Barilotti. Ivan Karpenko-Karyi (pen name of Ivan Tobilevych) was renowned as a playwright. He began writing quite late in life: his first story, Novobranets (The New...