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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  • 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.

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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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

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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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

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  • 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

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

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