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The actor and director played more than a hundred roles and staged dozens of productions.
In his 87 year of life, after a serious illness, People's Artist of Ukraine Fedor Stryhun died. He was an actor, director, and teacher, as well as the long-time head of the Maria Zankovetska National Theater in Lviv. His death was reported by his son Nazar Stryhun, head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration Maksym Kozytskyi, and Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi.
Fedor Stryhun was born in 1939 in the Cherkasy region. After graduating from the Kyiv Institute of Theatrical Arts named after Ivan Karpenko-Karyi, he worked at the Zaporizhzhia Drama Theater, and from 1965 his creative life was associated with Lviv and the Maria Zankovetska Theater.
In 1987 Stryhun became the artistic director and chief director of the theater. The artist also taught at the Lviv Conservatory and at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, passing on his experience to young actors. In 2017 he became an academician of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine.
During his life he played more than a hundred roles and staged dozens of productions, including Haydamaky based on Taras Shevchenko, Marusia Churai based on Lina Kostenko, Haziain (The Master) by Ivan Karpenko-Karyi, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In film the actor was remembered for roles in Propala Hramota, Zaporozhets Beyond the Danube, Dudariky, Kamienna Dusha (The Stone Soul), and The Guide.
A special place in his work was the revival of Ukrainian musical pieces on stage. Stryhun restored stagings of Yaroslav Barnych’s operettas Hutsulka Ksenya and Sharyka.
In 1978 Fedor Stryhun received the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine for the production Tyl. In 1979 he was awarded the title People’s Artist of Ukraine. Later he was also honored with the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, IV and V classes, and the Order For Merit, I, II, and III classes.
Head of the Lviv RMA Maksym Kozytskyi called Stryhun “a man of an era” and emphasized that “his name is forever inscribed in the history of Ukrainian theater and the cultural life of the Lviv region.” Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi also expressed condolences to the artist’s relatives and the theater community.
The actor’s son Nazar Stryhun announced his father’s death on Facebook, saying: “His great heart has stopped. The last keeper of Ukrainian theatrical traditions has passed into eternity.” The family will announce the date and place of farewell with Fedor Stryhun later.
It was previously reported that at the age of 74 years, Honored Artist of Ukraine Nataliya Perchevska died. She worked at the Franko Theater for 52 years.
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