Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language.
Known For: Writing
Birthday: 1856-08-27
Place of Birth: Nahuievychi, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire [now Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]
Also Known As: Іван Якович Франко