Roman Ivanychuk (1929-2016) - a famous Ukrainian writer, winner of many literary prizes, including the National Prize of Ukraine. T. Shevchenko. In his creative work about twenty historical novels, which the writer filled the white spots in our history. R. Ivanychuk expanded the genre boundaries of the historical work, revealing to the reader the past, which intensified national memory.
solve, each in his own way, the problem of good and evil in the human soul, trying to find an answer to the eternal question: what is truth? This also applies to the apostle Thomas, who wrote his truth about the Son of God; and Renegade, who, having betrayed his homeland, lost not only his name but also his soul; and the artist Savoyar, who created the painting "The Last Supper" in Lviv on the eve of the Second World War ...
