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The paper casts light on the existential issues in the works of the Western Ukrainian émigré artists and writers of the interwar period, i.e. between WWI and WWII. These are Ivan Krushelnytskyi, Vasyl Khmeliuk, Galia Mazurenko, Oksana Liaturynska, Sviatoslav Hordynsky, and Volodymyr Havryliuk, who have become the main focus of interest in the paper. They had manifold talents, in other words – embodied universalism. The present paper hence points to the phenomenon of artist-émigré in the Ukrainian culture, showcasing the art universalism as a specifi c feature of the Ukrainian scene in different times. The refl ections of the Ukrainian writer Eugene Malaniuk in the article Late Generation were the motive behind the studies. To substantiate, the author shares that a foreign land was the reason for many people of different professions to devote themselves to literary activities. What is more, Malaniuk takes into consideration both positive and negative aspects of art universalism. In our view, emigration was a catalyst of creative processes. However, there were other reasons that had called for the literary activity of the artists. The main reasons for their turn to poetic creative work, namely those of personal character, motivated by the peculiarities of their artistic mentality, and «exterior» ones, forced by social and political circumstances, have been determined in the process of our study. The chronology of debuts and further publications of poetry collections by these authors have been traced. It has been proved that literary activity was not simply a situational delight for them. Various aspects of artistic contacts between the writers and the artists have been examined. The author devotes much attention to Sviatoslav Hordynsky's versatile creative work. He was a distinctive creator and promoter of the Ukrainian culture during the period between the world wars. Keywords: literature and fi ne arts interaction, writer-artist, poetry, emigration. ; Зосереджено увагу на питаннях екзистенції еміграційних та західноукраїнських митців-універсалістів міжвоєння (Іван Крушельницький, Василь Хмелюк, Галя Мазуренко, Оксана Лятуринська, Святослав Гординський, Володимир Гаврилюк). Обумовлено основні причини звернення цих художників до поетичної творчості (як особистого характеру, вмотивовані специфікою їхнього художнього мислення, так і «зовнішні», спровоковані суспільно-політичними обставинами). Акцентовано увагу на феномені митця-емігранта в українській культурі. Ключові слова: взаємодія літератури й образотворчого мистецтва, літератор- художник, поезія, еміграція.