Would you mind asking your correspondent if this is the Stus to whom she refers?
1938, January 8
Vasyl Stus born in Rakhnivka, Vinnytsia region, Ukrainian SSR
late 1950s
graduates from Donetsk Pedagogical Institute and takes teaching assignment near his birthplace
1959
his poems appear in print for first time
1963
a substantial selection of his poems is published in the literary magazine, Dnipro
1964
admitted to post-graduate studies at Institute of Literature, Kyiv
1965
appointed senior academic assistant at the State Historic Archives; marries Valentyna Popeliukh; Ukrainian intellectuals arrested under Article 62 of the Penal Code ("Slandering the State")
1965, September 4 (Kyiv)
premiere screening of Shadow of Forgotten Ancestors; Stus' first public political protest; his expulsion from doctoral studies
1966
son Dmytro born; trials of those arrested in 1965
1966, June
Stus dismissed from his position at the Archives
1968 (Summer)
writes open letter to Writers' Union of Ukraine protesting arrests of writers; signs letter to Soviet leaders defending imprisoned Ukrainian intellectuals
1969
writes article in Literaturna Ukraina describing campaign of terror against Ukrainian intellectuals
1970
collection of poems, Zymovi Dereva, published in Brussels
1970, December 7
funeral of artist Alla Horska to whom Stus dedicates poem
1971, December
Stus writes letters to Writers' Union and to Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine, accusing them of persecution of Ukrainian intellectuals
1972, January 13
Stus arrested and imprisoned in Kyiv
1972, February 4
KGB search Stus' apartment, confiscate papers and books, and charge him under Article 62
1972, August 31
his trial begins in Kyiv Regional Court
1972, September 7
Stus convicted and sentenced to five years of forced labour in Special Regime camp in Mordovian ASSR and three years of internal exile in Siberia
1976, January
Stus' "J'Accuse" document attacking KGB is smuggled out of camp and published in New York
1975, August 2
Suffers haemorrhage from perforated ulcer in camp
1976, July
goes on hunger strike demanding return of his poetry
1977
begins compulsory labour at gold mine near Magadan, Siberia
1978
Stus' father dies
1979, October
returns to Kyiv at end of sentence; joins the Ukrainian Group of the Committee for the Observance of the Helsinki Accords
1980, May 14
Stus indicted as a repeat offender under Article 62
1980, October 2
sentenced to ten years of forced labour in a maximum security camp and five years of internal exile
1983
his prison notebook circulates in the West
1985
an international committee of scholars, writers, and poets nominates Stus as a candidate for the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature
1985, September 4
Stus dies, aged 47, in labour camp 36-1 near Perm, Russia
I knew Ghandi and washed his loincloths every night.
Per your #146.
This Stus? (#155)