Petro Panch

Petro Panch
Native name
Петро Панч
BornPetro Yosypovych Panchenko
(1891-07-04)4 July 1891
Valky, Russian Empire
Died1 December 1978(1978-12-01) (aged 87)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationWriter, playwright
Notable awardsShevchenko Prize (1966)

Petro Yosypovych Panch (Ukrainian: Петро Йосипович Панч; born 4 July [O.S. 22 June] 1891 in Valky, Russian Empire – died 1 December 1978 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) was a Ukrainian writer and playwright, one of founders of the Ukrainian Soviet literature. Member of the Soviet Writers' Union and the Writer's Union of Ukraine, former sotnik of the Ukrainian People's Army.

  • Herasymova, H.P. Petro Panch. "Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine".