Lesia Ukrainka Author

Lesia Ukrainka (pen name of Larysa Kosach-Kvitka, 1879–1913) was one of the most prominent Ukrainian writers, poets, playwrights, literary scholars, and activists of the late nineteenth–early twentieth century. Along with Taras Shevchenko and Ivan Franko, she forms the triumvirate of Ukrainian national poets. Ukrainka was well-known for her feminist and progressive views, which found representation in her own works. Nina Murray is a poet and an award-winning translator of Ukrainian literature, including works by Oksana Zabuzhko, Oksana Lutsyshyna, and Lesia Ukrainka. She is the author of several poetry collections and a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service. Marko Pavlyshyn is Professor Emeritus of Ukrainian Studies at the Mykola Zerov Center at Monash University.