TSar Plaksiy ta Loskoton. Kazky, bayky, novely

Vasyl′ Symonenko (1935—1963) — ukrayins′kyy poet-shistdesyatnyk i zhurnalist. Do zbirky vviyshly yoho kazky, bayky, poemy, balady, epihramy, posvyaty druzyam, a takozh novely. Imya pys′mennyka peredusim asotsiyuyet′sya z virshovanymy tvoramy. Odnak ne menshoyi uvahy varta y mala proza myttsya. V. Symonenko maysterno buduye syuzhet novel, zanuryuyet′sya v psycholohiyu personazhiv, zaluchaye do spivtvorchosti chytacha. TSe, bezperechno, modernists′ka proza, napysana u svitli novitnich literaturoznavchych pidchodiv. U seriyi «Ridne» takozh vyyshly drukom knyzhky Vasylya Symonenka «Tysha i hrim. Poeziyi», «Pro papery, zasidannya i zhyvynku. Statti, retsenziyi, narysy» ta «Krasche znaty pro scho pyshesh. Statti, retsenziyi, vystupy, lysty».