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Vasyl Stefanyk
Vasyl Stefanyk (Василь Стефаник, 1871–1936) was a Ukrainian prose writer, publicist, and political figure from Galicia who wrote 59 short novellas about peasant life, a classic of early Ukrainian modernism.
Vasyl Stus
Vasyl Stus (Василь Стус) was a Ukrainian poet, translator, and human rights activist of the sixtiers generation who died in 1985 as a political prisoner in a Soviet labor camp.
Vasyl Symonenko
Vasyl Symonenko (Василь Симоненко) was a Ukrainian poet and dissident whose samvydav poetry largely marks the beginning of the Ukrainian opposition movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
Vasyl Yemets
Vasyl Yemets (Василь Ємець), also spelled Vasyl Yemetz, was a Ukrainian virtuoso bandurist, bandura maker, historian, and teacher who founded the first bandura chapel in Kyiv in 1918.
Vat 69
Vat 69 is a blended Scotch whisky created in 1882 by William Sanderson of Leith, named after the 69th of 100 trial casks, now owned by Diageo. Known for Shackleton's 1914 expedition and Band of Brothers' Captain Nixon; light 40% ABV blend of about 40 malts and grains.
Vatan Mersiyesi
Vatan Mersiyesi is a Turkish poem mourning lost territory, written by the Ottoman poet Namık Kemal after the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War, known as the 93 Harbi.
Vatan yahut Silistre
Vatan yahut Silistre ("Fatherland, or Silistra") is a four-act Ottoman Turkish play by Namık Kemal, first staged in Istanbul in 1873, that made patriotism a central idea of Turkish literature.
Vatanım Sensin
Vatanım Sensin (Wounded Love) is a Turkish historical drama on Kanal D, 2016–2018, 59 episodes, produced by O3 Medya, starring Halit Ergenç as spy Colonel Cevdet and Bergüzar Korel as Azize during the Greek occupation of İzmir.
Vatapi Ganapati
Vatapi Ganapati is a Ganesha image at a Shiva temple in Tiruchenkattankudi, Tamil Nadu, traditionally said to have been brought from Vatapi, the Chalukya capital at Badami, after the 642 CE Pallava war.
Vathek
Vathek, full title The History of the Caliph Vathek, is a Gothic oriental tale by William Beckford, written in French around 1782 and first published in English in 1786.
Vatican Media
Vatican Media is the Holy See's audiovisual production and distribution service under the Dicastery for Communication, successor to the Vatican Television Center (CTV, founded 1983), distributing live papal event signals, archive footage, radio audio and photos to broadcasters worldwide.
Vatican Vergil
The Vatican Vergil is an illustrated manuscript of Virgil's poems made in Rome around A.D. 400, the most famous illustrated book surviving from classical antiquity.
Vatroslav Jagić
Vatroslav Jagić (1838–1923) was a Croatian philologist and a founder of modern Slavic studies, professor at Odesa, Berlin, Saint Petersburg, and Vienna and founding editor of the journal Archiv für slavische Philologie.
Vatsal Sheth (वत्सल शेठ)
Vatsal Sheth (वत्सल शेठ), also Vatsal Seth, Indian actor, producer, and writer born 1980 in Mumbai; known for Taarzan: The Wonder Car (2004), Ek Hasina Thi (2014), Haasil (2017), married to Ishita Dutta, founder of Prismix Studios.
Vaudeville
Vaudeville: American variety theater of the 1880s–1920s, a bill of seven to ten unrelated live acts; peaked at 5 million weekly attendees, run by Keith-Albee and Orpheum circuits, killed by radio and talkies.
Vaughan Murrae
Vaughan Murrae, Canadian non-binary actor (born 2005, Hamilton, Ontario) known as Robin in Before I Change My Mind, Casey Goodwin in The Way Home, and Kelly in the 2026 Malcolm in the Middle revival Life's Still Unfair; Boccalino d'Oro winner at Locarno.
Vault-Tec
Vault-Tec (Vault-Tec Corporation) is the fictional pre-War defense corporation of the Fallout franchise that built the underground Vaults, secretly ran social experiments on their residents, and is central to the games and TV series.
Vaulter (Succession)
Vaulter is the fictional digital media startup in HBO's Succession, bought by Waystar Royco from founder Lawrence Yee in season 1 and shut down by Kendall Roy in the S2E2 episode "Vaulter" (2019), a satire of Vice and BuzzFeed.
Vaush
Vaush is the online pseudonym of Ian Kochinski (born 1994), an American libertarian socialist political YouTuber and Twitch streamer who launched his channels in 2019 after emerging from Destiny's community, known for confrontational debates and Twitch bans.
Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe
Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe is Coheed and Cambria's eleventh studio album, released March 14, 2025; third of five Vaxis acts in The Amory Wars saga, with the four-part suite The Continuum.
Vaxxed
Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, also called Vaxxed, is a 2016 anti-vaccine documentary directed by Andrew Wakefield and produced by Del Bigtree, alleging a CDC cover-up of MMR vaccine-autism data; pulled from Tribeca, it premiered April 1, 2016 in New York.
Vayalar Award
The Vayalar Award (വയലാർ പുരസ്കാരം) is an annual literary award in Kerala for the best work written in Malayalam, first given in 1977 to Lalithambika Antharjanam.
Vayalar Ramavarma
Vayalar Ramavarma (വയലാർ രാമവർമ്മ; 1928–1975), known simply as Vayalar, was a Malayalam poet and film lyricist from Kerala who wrote about 2,000 film songs.
Vayam Raksham
Vayam Raksham (वयं रक्षामः), also romanized Vayam Rakshamah, is a 1955 Hindi novel by Acharya Chatursen Shastri that retells the Ramayana from Ravana's perspective rather than Rama's.
Vazha-Pshavela
Vazha-Pshavela (ვაჟა-ფშაველა), pen name of Luka Razikashvili, was a Georgian poet, 1861–1915, whose epic poems and nature lyrics made him a central figure of Georgian literature.
VE/RA
VE/RA (Vera van de Kerkhof, born 1999) is a Dutch techno DJ and producer whose track "Love & Peace" topped the Beatport Hype Charts in 2023.
Vector (musician)
Vector tha Viper, born Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, is a Nigerian rapper from Lagos, known for the 2015 Headies hit "King Kong" and his 2019 feud with M.I Abaga.
Ved (film)
Ved (वेड), 2022 Marathi romantic drama, Riteish Deshmukh's directorial debut produced by Genelia D'Souza; remake of Telugu film Majili; released 30 December 2022, grossed over ₹55 crore.
Ved Rondane
Ved Rondane, originally Ved Rundarne, is an 1861 poem by the Norwegian writer Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, published in Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860 and famously set to music by Edvard Grieg in 1880.
Vedaa (वेदा)
Vedaa (वेदा) is a 2024 Hindi action drama film directed by Nikkhil Advani. It stars John Abraham and Sharvari, focusing on caste oppression in rural Rajasthan.