3. Shevchenko’s favourite writer was William
Shakespeare (1564-1616)
• The poet
created two
drawings to
Shakespeare’s
tragedy ‘King
Lear’ in 1843.
4. THE POET ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED AND LOVED
DANIEL DEFOE (1660-1731) “ROBINSON CRUSOE”
5. `
TARAS SHEVCHENKO
KNEW AND SHOWED HIS
INTERESTS TO THE GREAT
ENGLISH NOVELISTS
WALTER SCOTT
(1771-1834)
JONATHAN SWIFT
(1667-1745)
ROBERT BURNS
(1759-1796)
GEORGE BYRON
(1788-1824)
6. THE FIRST ARTICLE
ABOUT UKRAINIAN
POET
APPEARED IN
ENGLAND IN 1877 IN
THE LITERARY WEEKLY
PAPER
‘ ALL THE YEAR
ROUND’ , WHICH WAS
PUBLISHED
BY CHARLES
DICKENS,THE JR.
8. In honor of the
200th
anniversary
of Ukrainian poet
Taras Shevchenko on
October 15,
2013 the Central
Alley at Sedgwick
Site in Cambridge
University was
named
TARAS
SHEVCHENKO
WAY.
9. THE SHEVCHENKO’S MUSEUM IN
TORONTO, CANADA
•
• The mission is:
• -to popularize
• the life and works of
the Bard of Ukraine;
-to promote Ukrainian
culture.
• ,
•
• The exhibitions
• are dedicated to
• the art, life and literary
legacy of Taras
Shevchenko.
•
10. THE CELEBRATION OF THE 200TH
ANNIVERSARY IN TORONTO, CANADA
A major
Shevchenko
book will be
published
by the Taras
Shevchenko
Museum in
Toronto.