Arkadii Panasovych Liubchenko, a Ukrainian writer, was born in 1899 in the Kyiv region. In 1920-1930, he was an active member of several literary movements. He served as a secretary of the literary circle “Hart”, of which he was a member in 1923-1925. In 1925, he was a co-founder and secretary of VAPLITE and a co-founder of the literary magazine “Literaturnyi iarmarok”. In 1930, he became a member of the literary group Prolitfront and was a co-founder of the literary magazine “Prolitfront”. In 1941-1942, he was an editor of “Nova Ukraina”, a newspaper based in Kharkiv. In 1942, he moved to Kyiv, and immigrated to Germany in 1944. He died in 1945 in Germany.

Liubchenko began his career as a writer in 1923. He published short stories, a novel, and articles, and he translated from French. He is an author of “Buremna put’” (1929), “Vona” (1929), “Vertep” (1930) and “Vitryla tryvoh” (1932), among other works. He also composed a play “Zemlia horyt’” (1929). In 1951, Liubchenko’s “Shchodennyk” (Diary) was published posthumously.