- 1988), a Ukrainian writer, publicist, memoirist Children in law Olha Franko, wife of Petro (above) According to Roland Franko, his grandfather was tall, had a red hair, always wore mustache and the Ukrainian embroidered shirt (vyshyvanka) even with a dress-coat. Some of Franko's descendants emigrated to the US and Canada. His grand-nephew, Yuri Shymko, is a Canadian politician and human rights activist living in Toronto, who was elected to Canada's Parliament as well as the Ontario Legislature during the 1980s. Literary works Lesyshyna Cheliad and Dva Pryiateli (Two Friends) were published in the literary almanac Dnistrianka in 1876. Later that year he wrote his first collection of poetry, Ballads and Tales. His first of the stories in the Boryslav series was published in 1877. Franko depicted the harsh experience of Ukrainian workers and peasants in his novels Boryslav Laughs (1881–1882) and Boa Constrictor (1878). His works deal with Ukrainian nationalism and history (Zakhar Berkut, 1883), social issues (Basis of Society, 1895 and Withered Leaves, 1896), and philosophy (Semper Tiro, 1906). He has drawn parallels to the Israelite search for a homeland and the Ukrainian desire for independence in In Death of Cain (1889) and Moses (1905). Stolen Happiness (1893) is considered as his best dramatic masterpiece. In total, Franko has written more than 1,000 works. He was widely promoted in Ukraine during the Soviet period, particularly for his poem "Kameniari" (groundbreakers) which contains revolutionary political ideas, hence earning him the name Kameniar (groundbreaker). Works translated into English English translations of Ivan Franko's works include: "What is Progress"; "How a Ruthenian Busied Himself in the Other World", "How Yura Shykmanyuk Forded the Cheremosh", "A Thorn in His Foot" and "As in a Dream"; "Mykytych's Oak Tree, The Gypsies", "It's His Own Fault" and "The Forest Nymph"; "Hryts and the Young Lord", "The Cutthroats", "The Involuntary Hero" and "The Raging Tempest"; "Unknown Waters" and "Lel and Polel"; "Fateful Crossroads"; "For the Home Hearth" and "Pillars of Society"; "From the Notes of a Patient", "The High Life" and "The Postal Clerk"; "Amidst the Just", "Fatherland", "The Jay's Wing" and "William Tell". "Zakhar Berkut". Legacy In 1962 the city of Stanyslaviv in western Ukraine (formerly Stanisławów, Poland) was renamed Ivano-Frankivsk in the poet's honor. As of November 2018 on the Ukrainian-controlled part of Ukraine there were 552 streets named after Ivan Franko. He is also associated with the name Kameniar for his famous