SHEVCHENKIANA ON THE PAGE OF SUCHASNIST JOURNAL

The article provides an overview of the Suchasnist Journal publications, dedicated to the life and work of T. Shevchenko. It is stated that articleson T. Shevchenko and his heritage were published in many Journal sections. Various in their subject, they were united in their rejection of the official Soviet Shevchenko studies, which, in their turn, generally regarded the emigration researchers works as «bourgeois-nationalist falsifications». The «History of Literature, Criticism, Art, Culture» section contained articlesby B. Kravtsiv devoted tothe "mainland" Shevchenko studiesanalysis, as well as articles by D. Koziy, L. Plyushch, O. Ilnytsky, M. Pavlyshyn, B. Rubchak, etc., devoted to the Shevchenko'spoetry. The art criticism aspect of T. Shevchenko's works is developed by I. Fizer, D. Darevych (painting and graphics), V. Revutsky (theater criticism), S. Maksymyuk (Shevchenkiana discography). The problem of direct and indirect, personal and creative relations of T. Shevchenko with his predecessors, contemporaries and successors is considered in articles by P. Odarchenko (G. Skovoroda, I. Kotlyarevsky, P. Grabovsky, Lesya Ukrainka) and Yu. Lutsky (P. Kulish). The Journal readily published articles by T. Shevchenko studies foreign researchers, including Z. Markevich (T. Shevchenko in the Polish-Ukrainian relationscontext), E. Yendzhevich (reviews of poet's works in Polish translation). The problem of T. Shevchenko's works translationswasraised in articlesby O. Kravchenyuk, B. Kravtsiv, K. Nakai. The editorial staff systematically analyzed new Shevchenko studies editions in such Journal sections as «Criticism and Bibliography», «Reviews, Criticism», «Reviews, Annotations»(reviews by B. Kravtsiv, T. Karyshova, D. Chuba, etc.).