Rostislav Bratun: the importance of song in human life

Audio recording from 1983. Ukrainian poet, public and statesman Rostyslav Bratun reflects on the importance of song in human life.

Reference: Rostyslav Bratun is a poet and journalist, one of the co-organizers of the first Club of Creative Youth in Lviv. He headed the Lviv organization of the Writers' Union. He wrote lyrics to songs by composer Volodymyr Ivasiuk. In 1963-1966, he was the editor-in-chief of the magazine Zhovten (now Dzvin), publishing works by writers banned by the Soviet regime, such as Bohdan-Ihor Antonych and Volodymyr Hzhytskyi.