Les Kurbas

Birthday:

02/25/1887

Place of birth:

Sambir, Kingdom of Galicia and Volodymyr, Cisleithania, Austria-Hungary:

Biography:

Les Kurbas (full name - Oleksandr-Zenon Stepanovych Kurbas; February 25, 1887, Sambir, Kingdom of Galicia and Vladimir, Austria-Hungary - November 3, 1937, Sandarmokh, Karelian ASSR, RSFSR, USSR) - Ukrainian director, actor, theater theorist, playwright, publicist, translator. Representative of the shot revival. People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1925)[4]. Founder of the Berezil Theater. Victim of Stalinist repressions.