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Todos Osmachka (birth name Teodosiy Stepanovych Osmachka) ( - 7 September 1962) was a Ukrainian writer and poet. Representative of symbolism, expressionism, and neo-romanticism. Member of the writers' associations such as Association of Writers (Aspis) and "Lanka" (MARS). Translator of Shakespeare's works. Osmachka criticized the communist ideology and the intelligentsia that cooperated with the authorities of the Moscow government. He was persecuted by Russian repressive regime. Todos Osmachka was born on in the village of Kutsivka, now Smilyansky District, Cherkasy (then Cherkasy County of Kyiv Province) in the family of a rural laborer Stepan, who worked in the estate of the landowner Tereshchenko, and then single-handedly gained the profession and fame of a good veterinarian. All children in the family received secondary education. Osmachka acquired higher education on his own. In 1925 he graduated from the Kyiv Institute of Public Education. In 1916, Osmachka was drafted into the ranks of the Russian army to participate in the World War I. His working career Osmachka started by teaching in folk schools. At the same time he started writing. During the World War I, for his poem Soldier's Thoughts he was put under military and political court in Russia. However the October revolution changed the political situation and he wasn't charged. Since 1920, he has been an instructor for the training of education workers in Kremenchuk. Osmachka’s participation in literary life began during his student years. First, he was a member of the Association of Writers (ASPIS), which was headed by Mykola Zerov, and then "Lanka" (MARS), which included Hryhoriy Kosynka (Osmachka's closest friend), Borys Antonenko-Davydovych, Yevhen Pluzhnyk, Valerian Pidmohylny and Maria Halych. The first collection of Osmachka's poems, Krucha, was published in 1922. Historian Serhii Yefremov in History of Ukrainian Literature noted it for the depth of imagery, brilliant vernacular, and epic style of thought.
