Ihor Rymaruk, poet, completed journalism studies at Kyiv University and has worked in the editorial offices of Visti z Ukrainy and the Molod publishing house and as editor of the poetry section of the Dnipro publishing house. Since 1990 he has been coeditor of the journal Svito-vyd. A lyrical and melodious poet, Rymaruk is the author of two collections of verse, Vysoka voda (1984) and Uprodovzh snihopadu (1988).