Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky

Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky was born on 17 September 1864 in Vinnytsia, the son of a minor official. He did not complete his studies and worked first as a tutor. From 1892 to 1897 he worked for the commission charged with combating phylloxera in Bessarabia and Crimea; in 1898 he settled in Chernihiv, where he was employed by the zemstvo and then by the statistical bureau. Suffering from a heart condition, he spent long periods on Capri, where he associated with Gorky. A pension from a learned society allowed him to leave his job in 1911; he died in Chernihiv on 25 April 1913.

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• NovelFata MorganaMykhailo Kotsiubynsky · 1904LiteraturePublic domain