Mykhayl Kozubovskyi

Mykhayl Kozubovskyi

He lives in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine. He began writing poetry in his youth. He received his first lessons in poetic craftsmanship at the literary studio of the Writers’ Union of Ukraine, and it was then that his first publications appeared. Then there was study at the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University at the Faculty of Journalism. He was a member of the working poetic group at the music department of the All-Union Council of Evangelical Christians-Baptists, whose task was to work on texts for musical works, as well as prepare for publication the first poetry collection “Christian Lyre,” which also included the author’s poems. He was published in the journal “Fraternal Herald.” In 1989, he stood at the origins of the newspaper of the Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Ukraine “Christian Life,” which he edited for seven years. After the transformation of the newspaper into the magazine “Evangelical Field,” he was the editor of the magazine until 2012. Then he worked on the series of books “Preach the Word.” During a long creative period, he was the editor of many Christian publications. Many of the author’s poems have been set to music.