verses Stalingrad notebook, Kyiv etudes and others.In 1943-1949 M. Bazhan held a post of Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Ukrainian SSR; the Chairman of the Board of Union of Writers of Ukraine (1953-1959). As an official person he frequently travelled abroad, appeared at the United Nations General Assembly in London and New York; took part in numerous conferences and jubilee celebrations. The results of these travels were series of verses English impressions and Italian meetings. Italy took special place in poets life and work. He held a post of Vice-president of the European Community of Writers for almost a decade (1960-1968). M. Bazhan paid special attention to the wide popularization of Ukrainian language and culture in European countries.From 1957 and till the end of his days M. Bazhan was the Editor-in-Chief of the Chief Editorial Board of the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia. By his initiative and under his supervision Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia was published twice, also he supported publishing of History of Ukrainian Art and Taras Shevchenko Dictionary. He also started work on Ukrainian Literature Encyclopedia. Altogether, by the end of M. Bazhans life over a hundred volumes of encyclopedic, lexical and other scientific literature were published. As the chief editor of the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia he was striving for permission to include the articles about repressed Ukrainian art personalities, who had been persecuted for political reasons, such as O. Arkhypenko, I. Padalka, brothers M. and T. Boichuk, Les Kurbas, M. Semenko and others.M. Bazhan was also author of the poems Flight through thunderstorm (1964), Four tales about hope. Variations on Rainer Maria Rilke theme (1966), Night thoughts of the old master (1976), collections of poetry Mitskievych in Odesa. Year 1825 (1957), etc. Series of poetry Night concerts (1977) is an original verbal interpretation of music of M. Leontovych, D. Shostakovych, F. Schubert, H. Villa-Lobos, Jean Sibelius and songs of French singer Edith Piaf.In the last years of his life M. Bazhan most of his time worked on the translation of works of the XVIII-XX century poets little-known in Ukraine: German poet Friedrich Holderlin, Polish poet Cyprian Norwid, Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke etc. Being a masterly translator he acquainted Ukrainian reader with the works of A. Navoi, A. Mickiewicz, Ju. Sowacki, Ja. Iwaszkiewicz, H. Heine, J. Goethe, R. Tagore and many others.In 1951, for his literary and scientific achievements M. Bazhan was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR.M. Bazhan is the author of memoirs, essays, publicist articles and critical surveys: People, books, dates. Articles on literature (1962), Peoples ways (1969), Thoughts and recollections (1982).In 1970, at the request of Nobel Committee, HarvardUniversity nominated M. Bazhan for Nobel Prize. However, M. Bazhan refused it, knowing the fate of B. Pasternak and his Nobel Prize.fonte: @edisonmariotti #edisonmariottihttp://museumlit.org.ua/?page_id=2418Cultura nao e o que entra pelos olhos e ouvidos,mas o que modifica o jeito de olhar e ouvir. A cultura e o amor devem estar juntos.Vamos compartilhar.Culture is not what enters the eyes and ears, but what modifies the way of looking and hearing.--brO Museu do Museu Memorial