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List of Ukrainian women writers

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This is a list of women writers who were born in Ukraine or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

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  • Dniprova Chayka, pen name of Liudmyla Vasylevska (1861–1927), poet, short story writer, translator, wrote in Russian and Ukrainian, some works translated into English
  • Olena Chekan (1946–2013), film, stage and television actress, voice artist, television screenwriter and editor, political journalist and social activist, columnist, short story writer, essayist, humanist and feminist
  • Tetiana Cherep-Perohanych (born 1974), poet, novelist, playwright and journalist
  • Daria Chubata (born 1940), Ukrainian physician, writer, poet
  • Eugenia Chuprina (born 1971) Ukrainian poet, novelist, writer, playwright

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  • Lyubov Holota (born 1949), novelist, poet, journalist, children's writer
  • Hrytsko Hryhorenko, pen name of Oleksandra Sudovshchykova-Kosach (1867–1924), poet, short story writer, translator, poetry in Ukrainian, Russian and French
  • Maryna Hrymych (born 1961), novelist, non-fiction writer, historian, translator
  • Katrya Hrynevycheva (1875-1947), writer, journalist and community leader
  • Tamara Hundorova (born 1955), literary critic and culturologist

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  • Salcia Landmann (1911–2002), writings in German in support of the Yiddish language, non-fiction writer
  • Marina Lewycka (born 1946), British writer of Ukrainian origin, novelist, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
  • Clarice Lispector (1920–1977), Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist, journalist, short story writer
  • Lera Loeb (born c. 1979–1980), Ukrainian born American fashion blogger and publicist
  • Lada Luzina (born 1972), pseudonym of Vladislava Kucherova, Ukrainian Russian-language author and former journalist
  • Oksana Lutsyshyna (born 1974), poet, translator, and author

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  • Olena Teliha (1906–1942), poet, literary activist
  • Liudmila Titova, Jewish-Ukrainian poet remembered for her 1941 poem on the massacre of Ukrainian Jews
  • Nika Turbina (1974–2002), Russian-language poet, writing while still a small child, several poems translated into English

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  • Lesya Ukrainka, pen name of Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka (1871–1913), celebrated poet, playwright, essayist, some works translated into English

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  • Iryna Vilde, pen name of Dary′na Dmy′trivna Makoho′n (1907–1982), short story writer, novelist
  • Vladimirskaм Anna (1951 - ) art critic, writer, journalist, art curator, lecturer, teacher
  • Marko Vovchok, pen name of Mariya Vilinska (1833–1907), prominent short story writer, novelist, translator, wrote in Ukrainian and Russian
  • Vira Vovk, pen name of Vira Ostapivna Selianska (1926–2022), poet, novelist, playwright, translator, now living in Brazil

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  • Oksana Zabuzhko (born 1960), poet, novelist, essayist, non-fiction writer
  • Iryna Zhylenko (1941–2013), poet, essayist, some of her poems translated into English

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References

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  1. ^ Istomina, Toma (2020-11-27). "Bohdana Neborak: Bookworm helps promote local literature in Ukraine and beyond - Nov. 27, 2020". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 2023-12-28.