Lesya ukrainka autobiography

Lesya Ukrainka’s biography tells the story of the short life of a talented poetess whose works have entered the treasury of Ukrainian and world literature.

Lesya ukrainka autobiography

If fate had been kinder to the writer, we might not have seen her outstanding works, as each of Lesya Ukrainka’s poems is imbued with the sufferings and anxieties that filled her soul.

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Lesya Ukrainka’s Biography from 1871 to 1883

The legendary poetess, known as Lesya Ukrainka, was actually named Larysa Petrivna Kosach (after marriage, Kosach-Kvitka).

She was born on February 13 (25 in the new style), 1871, in Novograd-Volynsky, Volyn province (now Zvyagel, Zhytomyr region).

Larysa’s parents, Petro Antonovych and Olha Petrivna, had noble origins. Her father was a real state councilor, and her mother was a children’s poet and writer who published her works under the name Olena Pchilka.

Olha Petrivna belonged to the Drag