Lesya Ukrainka

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Lesya Ukrainka Леся Українка
Born	Larysa Petrivna Kosach 25 February [O.S. 13 February] 1871 Novohrad-Volynskyi, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire (now Zviahel, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine)
Died	1 August [O.S. 19 July] 1913 (aged 42) Surami, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire
Occupation	Poet and writer, playwright
Period	1884–1913
Relatives	Olena Pchilka (mother) Olha Kosach-Kryvyniuk (sister) Mykhailo Drahomanov (uncle) Yulia Krukovskaya (great-aunt)

Lesya Ukrainka^[1] (Ukrainian: Леся Українка, romanized: Lesia Ukrainka, pronounced [ˈlɛsʲɐ ʊkrɐˈjinkɐ]; born Larysa Petrivna Kosach, Ukrainian: Лариса Петрівна Косач; 25 February [O.S. 13 February] 1871 – 1 August [O.S. 19 July] 1913) was one of Ukrainian literature's foremost writers, best known for her poems and plays. She was also an active political, civil, and feminist activist.^[2]

Among her best-known works are the collections of poems On the Wings of Songs (1893), Thoughts and Dreams (1899), Echos (1902), the epic poem Ancient Fairy Tale (1893), One Word (1903), plays Princess (1913), Cassandra (1903—1907), In the Catacombs (1905), and Forest Song (1911).