Octogenaria has more projects

WINNIPEG - Michael Ewanchuk, 87, was profiled on the occasion of his latest book's release in the "Around Town with Manfred lager" column in the Winnipeg Free Press.

Mr. Ewanchuk "has been interested in the history of Ukrainian Canadians all his life," noted the columnist. "As soon as he had time to research his favorite subject after retirement, he started working on his first book 'Spruce, Swamp and Stone,' which came out in 1977 and has gone through 13 reprints."

Asked about the possibility of his retirement from writing, Mr. Ewanchuk, told the Free Press that's not likely. "How much more time I have is all up to the Lord, of course, but I don't think I'll retire in the foreseeable future. I have far too much material for additional books collected, and if I don't write these books, the information will all be lost."

His next projects: a book on the life of a fellow Manitoban, the late artist William Kurelek, who died in 1977, and the story of Ukrainian settlements in southern Manitoba, east of the Red River.

Last year in May, Mr. Ewanchuk was honored for his work by being elected a fellow of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in Canada.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January 21, 1996, No. 3, Vol. LXIV

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