About the Author

Constantine Bida (1916-1979) studied at the Universities of Lviv, Western Ukraine and Vienna before coming to Canada in 1950. He was one of the chief organizers of the Department of Slavic Studies at the University of Ottawa of which he became head of in 1957. In 1965 he was promoted to full professor.

Vera Rich (1936-2009) was a translator of Ukrainian works and the editor of Manifold, a quarterly of verse.