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TARAS SHEVCHENKO IN THE ENGLISN-SPEAKING WORLD
WORLD COMMEMORATES TARAS SHEVCHENKO’S ANNIVERSARY IN 2014
Shevchenko’s favourite writer was William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
• The poet created two drawings to Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘King Lear’ in 1843.
THE POET ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED AND LOVED
DANIEL DEFOE (1660-1731) “ROBINSON CRUSOE”
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TARAS SHEVCHENKO
KNEW AND SHOWED HIS
INTERESTS TO THE GREAT
ENGLISH NOVELISTS
WALTER SCOTT (1771-1834)
JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745)
ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796)
GEORGE BYRON (1788-1824)
THE FIRST ARTICLE ABOUT UKRAINIAN POET
APPEARED IN ENGLAND IN 1877 IN THE LITERARY WEEKLY PAPER
‘ ALL THE YEAR ROUND’ , WHICH WAS PUBLISHED
BY CHARLES DICKENS,THE JR.
Nowadays the
Association of
Ukrainians in
Great Britain
is the largest representative body
of Ukrainians.
In honor of the
200th anniversary
of Ukrainian poet
Taras Shevchenko on October 15,
2013 the Central
Alley at Sedgwick
Site in Cambridge University was
named
TARAS
SHEVCHENKO
WAY.
THE SHEVCHENKO’S MUSEUM IN TORONTO, CANADA
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• The mission is:
• -to popularize
• the life and works of the Bard of Ukraine;
-to promote Ukrainian culture.
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• The exhibitions
• are dedicated to
• the art, life and literary legacy of Taras Shevchenko.
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THE CELEBRATION OF THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY IN TORONTO, CANADA
A major
Shevchenko
book will be
published
by the Taras
Shevchenko
Museum in
Toronto.
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
NEW YORK
THE USA
TO THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE UKRAINIAN BARDBY THE SHEVCHENKO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY IN THE
USA
The Society is preparing a Jubilee Project which includes publication of
Shevchenko's works and new Shevchenko scholarship.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 1200 MONUMENTS TO TARAS SHEVCHENKO IN UKRAINE AND ALL OVER THE WORLD
TARAS SHEVCHENKO’S STATUE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
• Monuments commemorating the great poet were installed not only all over the territory of Ukraine but also in 28 other countries.
TARAS SHEVCHENKO’S MONUMENT IN WINNIPEG, CANADA
THE MONUMENT TO UKRANIAN BARD IN OTTAWA, CANADA
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