Ivan Khlanta
Ivan Khlanta | |
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Іван Хланта | |
.jpg) Khlanta in 2019 | |
| Born | 20 April 1941 Kopashnovo, Khust Raion, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Died | 22 September 2026 (aged 85) |
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| Occupation | Folklorist |
Ivan Vasyliovych Khlanta (Ukrainian: Іван Васильович Хланта; 20 April 1941 – 22 September 2026) was a Ukrainian folklorist.
Life and career
[edit]Khlanta was born in Kopashnovo, Khust Raion on 20 April 1941. He attended Uzhhorod National University, graduating in 1964. He served in the armed forces, and completed his undergraduate studies at the Institute of Art History, Folklore and Ethnography. In 1976, he defended his PhD thesis "Ukrainian Social and Domestic Fairy Tale". He taught literature and Ukrainian language at School No. 6 in Uzhhorod.[1]
As a folklorist, Khlanta collected and published numerous songs such as Mother's Heart, Fairy Tales and Legends from Under Khust Castl, Scythe Fell on a Stone, Rejuvenating Water, Oskar Kohlberg, Tales of Pokuttya, Truth and Wrong, Clever Woman, How a Man Taught a Cat to Work, Bunny Bell and Gifts of Pears. In 2004, President Leonid Kuchma awarded Khlanta the honorary title of Merited Figure of Arts of Ukraine.[1][2]
Ivan Khlanta died on 22 September 2026, at the age of 85.[3][4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Подвижництво Івана Хланти. Сьогодні відомому краєзнавцю, фольклористу, педагогу виповнюється 80 років". Uzhgorod.net.ua (in Ukrainian). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
- ↑ "Іван Васильович Хланта". Закфолксцентр (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 September 2026.
- ↑ "Помер Іван Хланта — фольклорист, який 60 років збирав Закарпаття". Мукачево Сьогодні (in Ukrainian). 22 September 2026. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
- ↑ "Помер закарпатський фольклорист та літературознавець Іван Хланта". Ukr.net (in Ukrainian). 25 September 2026. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
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