Vasyl Symonenko. Use of English B1+

V. Symonenko is one of the most … modern Ukrainian poets. His life was very difficult, tragic and short.

The poet had followed it for 29 years. But the short life … the short memory.

His life began from Byyivtsy - a small village in Poltava region on January 8, 1935. There is an old peasant hut over the river Udaj, where the future Ukrainian poet Vasyl Andrijovych Symonenko … .

During his adolescent years' the boy got to know all grieves' of life and … hardships.'

Vasyl studied at the secondary school at wartime and … from it with the highest award — the gold medal.

In his childhood he greatly … by his uncle Fedir.

It was he who … to disclose the great history of the Ukrainian nation and the whole truth about it to Vasyl.

Later the future poet studied at the faculty of journalism in Kyiv State University after T. Shevchenko. He … the monitor" of literary studio there.

… a student he wrote a lot of poems, such as Swans of Maternity, Since Childhood, Thief and others.

After graduating from the University Vasyl Symonenko … work in Cherkassy Region.

His life there was full despair and disappointments. But he knew not only the … of creation' but also the joy of his work. He worked as a journalist in different newspapers.

He belonged to the generation that is usually called "the children of the war”. That is why the problems of war and peace are very often … in his works.

His first book Silence and Thunder was published in 1962. Later he wrote a lot of fairy-tales, which … widely-known not only in Ukraine. His swan song" was a book The Fable about Durylo.

One of his best well-known poems is the … one:

Do you know that you are a person?

You know that, don't you?

Your smile is the only one,

Your suffering is the only one,

Your eyes are the only one too.

Never again you'll be here.

Tomorrow on this earth

Others will walk here,

Others will love here -

Kinder, nicer or worse.

Today everything is for you here Lakes, and valleys, and steppes.

Hurry with life, my fellow,

Hurry with love, my fellow,

Look, haven't you overslept?

Because on this Earth — you're a person,

Is that clear to you?

Though his life was very short but he managed to … his best and is regarded one of the best Ukrainian poets.

Your smile is the only one here,

Your suffering is the only one here, Your eyes are the only one too.