Vasyl Semenovych Stus (January 8 1938 - September 4 1985) was a Ukrainian poet and publicist, one of the most active members of Ukrainian dissident movement. For his political convictions, his works were banned by the Soviet regime and he spent 23 years (about a half of his life) in detention. Wikipedia
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