Writing · Lyricist
Born Jan 6, 1898 · Debaltsevo, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Debaltseve, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]
Active 1939–1965 · Awards: Stalin Prize, Order of the Red Banner, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Volodymyr Mykolaiovych Sosiura was a Ukrainian poet, translator, journalist, war correspondent and a veteran of Ukrainian–Soviet War.