Roman Ivanychuk (1929—2016) — vidomyy ukrayins′kyy pys′mennyk, laureat bahat′och literaturnych premiy, sered yakych Natsional′na premiya Ukrayiny im. T. SHevchenka. U yoho tvorchomu dorobku blyz′ko dvadtsyaty istorychnych romaniv, yakymy pys′mennyk zapovnyuvav bili plyamy v nashiy istoriyi. Pysaty istorychni romany — tse skladna sprava. Bo Istoriya — dama prymchlyva, vona ne zavzhdy ye takoyu, yakoyu yiyi chochut′ bachyty. Pysaty romany pro istoriyu Ukrayiny — sprava duzhe skladna, bo nasha istoriya — tse roky y stolittya, koly my, ukrayintsi, ne znaly, scho take pravdyva informatsiya pro ridnu derzhavu. A scho zh todi kazaty pro lyudynu, yaka rozpovidala chytachevi pro nayskladnishu i naysuperechlyvishu storinku mynuloho krayiny? Mabut′, tse ne prosto smilyva lyudyna, tse lyudyna, yaka rozumila, u chomu ye svyatyy obov’yazok pys′mennyka pered yoho chytachamy — skazaty pravdu. Roman «Vohnenni stovpy» — tse pershyy v Ukrayini chudozhniy tvir pro istoriyu Ukrayins′koyi povstans′koyi armiyi (UPA). Istoriyu borot′by i trahediyi narodu, viddanosti ridnoyi zemli i zrady, chesti i bezchestya, istoriyu, yaka ye takoyu, yakoyu vona ye...