Uliana Kravchenko
Uliana Kravchenko is the pen name of Julia Schneider (April 18, 1860 – March 31, 1947), was a Ukrainian educator, writer[1] and the first Galician woman to publish a book of poetry.[2]
Uliana Kravchenko | |
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 Уляна Кравченко, 1893 рік | |
| Native name | Уляна Кравченко |
| Born | Юлія Шнайдер 31.03.1947 |
| Occupation | writer, poet |
| Language | ukrainian |
| Nationality | German, Ukrainian |
| Citizenship | Austria-Hungary→Polish Republic |
She was born in Mykolaiv, currently in Stryi Raion of Lviv Oblast, grew up in Lviv and studied at a teaching seminary. Her first published work was a story that appeared in the journal Zoria. Kravchenko was active in the Ukrainian women's movement in Galicia. Women's liberation was a major theme in her poetry; she was considered to be the bard of the women's movement. She was also one of the first women teachers in Galicia.[1][2]
Kravchenko died in Peremyshl (now Przemyśl, Poland) at the age of 86.[1]
Selected works[1]
- Prima vera, poetry (1885)
- Na novyi shliakh ("Onto a New Road"), poetry (1891)
- Prolisky ("Anemones"), children's poetry (1921)
- V dorohu ("On Our Way"), children's poetry (1921)
- Lebedyna pisnia ("The Swan Song"), children's poetry )1924)
- V zhytti ie shchos’ ("There Is Something in Life"), poetry (1929)
- Dlia neï—vse! ("For Her—Everything!"), poetry (1931)
- Shelesty nam barvinochku ("Rustle for Us, Little Periwinkle"), children's poetry (1932)
- Moï tsvity ("My Flowers"), prose collection (1933)
- Zamist’ avtobiohrafiï ("Instead of An Autobiography"), memoirs (1934)
- Spohady uchytel’ky ("Memoirs of a Teacher"), memoirs (1935)
- Vybrani poeziï ("Selected Poems"), poetry (1941)
- Khryzantemy ("Chrysanthemums"), autobiographical novella (1961)
References
- "Kravchenko, Uliana". Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine.
- Bohachevsky-Chomiak, Martha (1988). Feminists Despite Themselves: Women in Ukrainian Community Life, 1884-1939. pp. 104–05. ISBN 0920862578.
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