List of Ukrainian women writers

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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A

• Svetlana Alexievich (born 1948), Ukrainian-born Belarusian novelist, journalist, works translated into English
• Emma Andijewska (born 1931), poet, short story writer, novelist, some works translated into English
• Nadija Hordijenko Andrianova (1921–1998), translator, journalist, writings in Esperanto
• Sofia Andrukhovych (born 1982), novelist, translator
• Rose Ausländer (1901–1988), Ukrainian-born German-language poet

B

• Nina Bichuya (born 1937), novelist, children's writer
• Anna Bagriana (born 1981), novelist, poet, playwright, translator
• Marie Bashkirtseff (1858–1884), diarist, painter, sculptor
• Nella Bielski (born 1930s), Ukrainian-born French novelist, actress
• Natalka Bilotserkivets (born 1954), poet, translator

C

• 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 and playwright, journalist, translator, public figure, member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine, laureate of national and international awards, author of 10 books.

D

• Anastasia Dmitruk (born 1991), poet, writing in Russian and Ukrainian

D

• Raya Dunayevskaya (1910–1987), Ukrainian-born Russian-American, historical writings on Marxism and feminism, author of Marxism and Freedom: From 1776 Until Today
• Ariel Durant (1898–1981), Ukrainian-born Russian-American non-fiction writer, co-author of The Story of Civilization with her husband Will Durant
• Maryna Dyachenko (born 1968), novelist, short story writer together with her husband Serkiy Dyachenko

G

• Lydia Grigorieva (born 1945), poet, photographer, now living in London
• Alyona Anatolievna Gromnitskaya, (1975 - ) poet and political spokesperson

H

• 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

I

• Svetlana Ischenko (born 1969), poet, actress, translator, now living in Canada

K

• Iryna Kalynets (1940–2012), poet, educator, human rights activist
• Vera Kamsha (born 1962), Ukrainian-born Russian journalist, fantasy novelist
• Nataliya Kobrynska (1851–1920), short story writer, editor, feminist
• Olha Kobylianska (1863–1942), novelist, poet, playwright, feminist
• Lina Kostenko (born 1930), popular poet, children's writer, known for her historical novel in verse

L

• 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

M

• Maria Matios (born 1959), poet, novelist, some works translated into English
• Anastasia Melnichenko (born 1984), journalist

N

• Irène Némirovsky (1903–1942), Ukrainian-born French-language novelist, biographer, author of Suite française

O

• Margarita Ormotsadze (born 1981), journalist, poet, novelist, non-fiction writer on economics

P

• Olena Pchilka (1849–1930), acclaimed poet, publisher, novelist, playwright, feminist
• Mariyka Pidhiryanka (1881–1963), poet, remember mainly for her poems for children
• Svitlana Pyrkalo (born 1976), journalist, columnist, novelist, essayist

S

• Lyubov Sirota (born 1956), poet, playwright, essayist, author of the Chernobyl Poems
• Żanna Słoniowska (born 1978), novelist

T

• 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

U

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

V

• Iryna Vilde, pen name of Dary′na Dmy′trivna Makoho′n (1907–1982), short story writer, novelist
• 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 (born 1926), poet, novelist, playwright, translator, now living in Brazil

Y

• Lyubov Yanovska (1861–1933), short story writer, playwright, novelist
• Yevheniya Yaroshynska (1868–1904), short story writer, translator, wrote in German and Ukrainian

Z

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

See also

• List of women writers

References