Ivan Dziuba

Ivan Mykhailovych Dziuba (; 26 July 1931 – 22 February 2022) was a Ukrainian literary critic, social activist, dissident, Hero of Ukraine, academic of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the second Minister of Culture of Ukraine (1992—1994), and head of the committee for Shevchenko National Prize (1999–2001).

He was the Co-Chief of editorial board of the ''Encyclopaedia of Modern Ukraine''.

He was the editor in chief of the magazine ''The Contemporary'' (Сучасність) and during the 1990s, a member of the editorial boards of scientific magazines "Київська старовина", "Слово і час", "Євроатлантика" and others. Provided by Wikipedia