Viktor Grabovskyj (Hrabovsky or Hrabovs'ky, ; Grabovsky in Russian), (born 7 November 1942 in Bagovytza of Khmelnitsky area, Ukraine) – Ukrainian poet, writer, translator, literary critic, journalist. He is member of the National union of writers of Ukraine and the Honoured Worker of Arts of Ukraine. Biography Viktor Grabovskyj was born on 7 November 1942 in the village of Bagovitsa in the Kamenetsky-Podolskyi region of Khmelnitsky area, Ukraine. He studied on Slavic branch of the philological faculty of the Lviv University. Since 1967 – on journalistic work. In the beginning 80 fulfilled duties of the head of department of criticism, and with 1985 for 1990 – of department publicism of the newspaper Literary Ukraine; worked as the assistant to the chief editor in the national newspapers Independent Ukraine, The Word of the Enlightenment, as the chief editor of the publishing house of the Kyiv National Economic University (KNEU) and in last time as the acting of the chief editor of Literary Ukraine. Awards On 11 April 2007 Viktor Grabovskyj received the title of "Honored Artist of Ukraine" – a contribution to the development of Ukrainian journalism, the active defense of the ideals of freedom of speech and many years of honest work Also he is the prize winner of two literary awards: of the literary award of a name of Volodymyr Sosyura and of the International literary award of a name Dmitry Nytchenko. Creativity Viktor Grabovskyj – the author of collections of poetry: The branches (Kyiv:"Molod’"|"Youth", 1983), Tree of a word (Kyiv: "Sovet writer"|"Radyans'kyj pysmennyk, 1987), Contemplation of a tree; Intoxicating joy (Kyiv-Nizhin: TOV "Aspect-Poligraf", 2005), Island of the Mercy (Kyiv: Publishing Center "Prosvita|Enlightenment", 2005), Song of the collector of a nectar (Kyiv: Izd KNEU, 2006), Palm Sunday (Kyiv-White Church: Publishing Center "Prosvita|Enlightenment", 2007), etc. As example of poetry of Victor Grabovskyj, one poem written by him still in year Chernobyl catastrophe 1986 in English translation by Natalia Ryumina (2012): Slow down, my friend! 'Be not like frozen waters, nor like a bird that's soaring in the skies, nor like a stone thrown down a chasm. Slow down in your pathetic stress. Today, right now — instead of striving for the essence of the ozone, you give yourself to it with all your heart, beat by beat. No matter where you are – in small or larger zones — do not engage in measuring your soul, don't rage! When every