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Lesya Ukrainka
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Lesya Ukrainka Леся Українка | |
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| Born | Larysa Petrivna Kosach 25 February [O.S. 13 February] 1871 Novohrad-Volynskyi, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire (now Zviahel, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine) |
| Died | 1 August [O.S. 19 July] 1913 (aged 42) Surami, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Occupation | Poet and writer, playwright |
| Period | 1884–1913 |
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Lesya Ukrainka[1] (Ukrainian: Леся Українка, romanized: Lesia Ukrainka, pronounced [ˈlɛsʲɐ ʊkrɐˈjinkɐ]; born Larysa Petrivna Kosach, Ukrainian: Лариса Петрівна Косач; 25 February [O.S. 13 February] 1871 – 1 August [O.S. 19 July] 1913) was one of Ukrainian literature's foremost writers, best known for her poems and plays. She was also an active political, civil, and feminist activist.[2]
Among her best-known works are the collections of poems On the Wings of Songs (1893), Thoughts and Dreams (1899), Echos (1902), the epic poem Ancient Fairy Tale (1893), One Word (1903), plays Princess (1913), Cassandra (1903–1907), In the Catacombs (1905), and Forest Song (1911).
- ^ Note: "Ukrainka" literally means "Ukrainian woman" in Ukrainian
- ^ Krys Svitlana, A Comparative Feminist Reading of Lesia Ukrainka’s and Henrik Ibsen’s Dramas. Canadian Review of Comparative Literature 34.4 (December 2007 [September 2008]): 389–409
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