Poet – fighter for human happiness

There are writers who become more vital, younger with each passing day: they seem to embody the eternal youth of humanity in its endless striving for happiness, forever calling forward to new horizons. Such an eternally young poet - a warrior for human happiness, who with his ardent love for people illuminates the path to their future, is the great Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of whose birth is celebrated this year with special solemnity and gratitude by all working humanity. His wonderful poetic creation, which flew like a free bird from the depths of the heart of Ukraine, with unfading freshness and power today sounds in many languages ​​​​throughout the world and awakens ardent urges for justice and freedom in millions of people. Shevchenko's name stands alongside the names of the greatest sons of humanity, who gave all the riches of their hearts, all the flame of their feelings for the triumph of man, for his victory over oppressors and oppressors, for the affirmation of love and brotherhood among all workers.