Постать одного з перших апологетів модерністської естетики Миколи Вороного досі є “terra incognita” як для широкого кола читачів, так і для науковців. У статті почасти розкрито окремі грані його письменницького таланту, що гартувався під тиском глобальних історичних та мистецьких зрушень. Зокрема, у дослідженні окреслено життєве і творче середовище М. Вороного, простежено можливі впливи родинного оточення на формування світогляду й таланту письменника.
The figure of one of the first Ukrainian apologists of modernist aesthetics Mykola Voronyi still remains ‘terra incognita’ for most readers and scholars. Due to his artistic talent and principal literary position Voronyi may take a special place among other poets of the early Ukrainian modernism. This paper offers an attempt to get a closer look at the figure of the artist, revealing some aspects of his private life and creative work under the pressure of global historical and artistic shifts. In order to better understand the writer himself, and consequently his creative heritage, one must turn to his world, to the environment in which he was born and formed as a person and artist. In particular, the paper traces possible influence of the family environment on the formation of Mykola Voronyi’s worldview and the writer’s talent. Some memories of his world, his family and creative environment were left by Voronyi in a rather extensive autobiographical essay. This autobiography of Mykola Voronyi, which is quite well-known and often cited by the authors of scholarly and popular publications, allows the researcher to trace the origin of key motives and mood in the creative consciousness of the writer, outline his artistic credo and life principles. According to autobiographical records, the closest family environment (grandfather, father and mother) had a profound and multifaceted formative influence on the personality of the future poet-lyricist, cultural and public figure Mykola Voronyi.
