The famous writer and journalist Oles Buzina was a representative of modern literature, acted as a literary critic and led a program on television. A prose writer went down in history by writing critical books about Taras Shevchenko and ridiculing Ukrainian nationalism.
Biographical data
The writer was born in Kiev in 1969. As Oles wrote later, the parents were simple workers, jokingly called them the descendants of the Cossacks and Russians. The writer was proud of his great-grandfather. Oleg studied at the same school with feminist writer Oksana Zabuzhko, but their literary views had little in common, since Buzina was a researcher in literature and loved laconicism in terms of expressing thoughts, often criticized her work.
In 1992 he graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Parents chose their son's future specialty, giving him to study at the Faculty of Philology (by profession he was to become a teacher of Russian language and literature). But Oleg did not practice at school, he saw himself in the role of journalist, presenter of the program, was the author of several books, participated in the program “The Bachelor. How to Marry” with Anfisa Chekhova.
Oles Buzin devoted one period of his life to the author’s column and blog in the newspaper Segodnya, where he shared his unconventional views on contemporary literature and the history of the country. He was a popular journalist in newspapers such as Kiev Vedomosti and 2000.
Literary Views
He loved to reread Lermontov's “Hero of Our Time”. Buzin gave preference to Russian literature. As for Ukrainian-language writers, Oles liked the books of Yuri Vinnichuk and the work of Les Poderevyansky. He also spoke positively about the work of Andrukhovich, although he considered some of Yuri’s novels an unsuccessful literary experiment.
Buzin did not perceive women in literature, which he repeatedly stated, criticizing the work of Oksana Zabuzhko. In one of his interviews, he said that he did not perceive poetry, but would be happy to read prose and historical novels.
Oles Buzin became famous among writers for his revolutionary views and desire to stand out from the crowd.
Public position
In this regard, the writer was very active and repeatedly acted as a defender of the theory of the trinity of the Russian people, he called himself both Ukrainian and Russian. He supported the federalization of Ukraine, although he did not perceive it in a status separate from Russia. Buzin called independence of the country conditional and advocated bilingualism of Ukrainian culture.
The writer preached the broad development of the Ukrainian and Russian languages and did not see this as a big problem. After all, the more languages a person knows, the better. Oles Alekseevich Buzina did not support the "orange revolution" and was known for the founding of the so-called Shevchenko-phobes. He opposed the government and openly spoke about his conflicting views. The writer had problems publishing books. The year 2006 brought a lot of quarrels and scandals; most of the publishing houses where the scandalous journalist turned to refused to print his work.
A prose writer opposed Yushchenko’s position on Nazism and the creation of such groups in Ukraine. The journalist disputed some historical moments on the air.
Often Oles Buziny’s work was tried to be limited by censorship, he was forbidden to speak on the central channels.
The murder of a writer
Oles Buzin was killed on April 16, 2015. A month before his death, in an interview with one of the newspapers, Buzina talked about the attacks and threats to his life. In recent years, the journalist has often quarreled with representatives of ultra-right organizations. He was shot dead near the house.
Investigation process
On June 18, 2015, three people were detained who were charged with the murder of a writer. All of them were ultra-right activists. One of the detainees, known as Manson, was an active Maydan activist and leader of the Pechersk regional organization VO Liberty.
They were released from custody for a large sum under round-the-clock house arrest. On May 8, 2016, Olesya Buzina's mother reported that the Ukrainian authorities did not even try to punish the murderers of her son, but simply played in public, from time to time postponing the arrest for a term in jail. Olesya was left with a mother, wife and daughter.
