2008 Articles

The Yurii Lawrynenko Archive

Shraga-Davidenko, Katia

Working with archives for many years, I am still amazed at how, all at once, history begins to develop from an unorganized bulk of papers. In this case, it was the story of the life of Yurii Lawrynenko – a writer, literary theorist and critic, historian, editor, political and social journalist, and prominent figure of the Ukrainian emigration. He was a very charismatic person, a real man on a mission, boundlessly devoted to his work.