"FIRST" Ukrainian women writers

[Chernetsky, Vitaly A. Dr.]

Dear Teresa, dear Colleagues,

I mostly concur with Tetyana, but would like to provide an expansion of the list and make a small correction to the spellings (to give the Library of Congress versions):

Hanna Barvinok (1828--1911) and Olena Pchilka (1849--1930) would provide early examples of Ukrainian women writers, but it is undoubtedly Marko Vovchok (1833--1907) who first received significant success as a writer both within and beyond Ukraine. Vovchok wrote both in Ukrainian and in Russian, but it is her Ukrainian-language fiction that received the greatest acclaim. There is a very good English-language article on Vovchok by the late Ukrainian critic Solomiia Pavlychko in _Russian Women Writers_, ed. by Christine Tomei.

Natalia Kobryns'ka (1855--1920) is another important name from the second half of the 19th century. However, it is with Ol'ha Kobylians'ka (1863-1942) in prose and with Lesia Ukrainka (1871--1913) in poetry and drama that Ukrainian women's writing reaches truly outstanding expression.

There exists a 7-volume book series of English translations, _Women's Voices in Ukrainian Literature_, ed. by Sonia Morris and trans. by Roma Franko, published in Canada in 1998--2000. It is available at many university libraries in North America.

Best wishes,

Vitaly Chernetsky

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Hello there!

As for me Marko Vovchok, Ganna Barvinok, Olena Philka were interesting (maybe not from aesthetic more as phenomenon). The end of XIX century - Lesia Ukraina without any doubts and her friend Olga Kobylanska.

Regards, Tetyana



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Тема: [SEELANGS] "FIRST" Ukrainian women writers

  Dear Collegues,

In your opinion, who is/are the 'first" Ukrainian women writers who are
contemporary with the beginnings of modern Ukrainian literature in the 19th
century. Any and all feedback will be appreciated.

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Teresa Polowy,Head
Department of Russian and Slavic Studies
University of Arizona

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