Mykola Zerov

Mykola Serow (Ukrainian Микола Костянтинович Зеров, Russian Николай Константинович Зеров / Nikolai Konstantinovich Serov; * 14 Apriljul / April 26 1890greg in Sinkiv, Poltava Governorate, .. † November 3, 1937 in Sandarmoch, Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) was a Ukrainian classical scholar, translator and poet.

Mykola Serov was a poet besides Maxym Rylskyj the most important representatives of the Ukrainian Neoclassicism. At the Kiev University he worked as a classical scholar. He translated works of both ancient, especially Roman, and French authors into Ukrainian. Serov turned to an educated, aesthetically trained audience. He avoided political issues, although he was at times seek to link the ancient tradition with the new socialist realism in his work. His sonnets, elegiac couplets and Alexandrians were based heavily on the ancient poetry and had also mostly classical themes to the content. As Ukrainian -writing author, he came into conflict with the Stalinist regime and was deported to the Solovki camp in the White Sea, later executed. His works have been rehabilitated later.

Writings

• Вибране, Kiev 1966
• Українське письменство, Kiev, 2003