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  Lesya Ukrainka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ukrainka was born in 1871 in the town of Novograd-Volynsky of Ukraine, which at the time was mostly a part of a Russian Empire.
Ukrainka's father was Petro Antonovych Kosach, head of the district assembly of conciliators.
Ukrainka married in 1907 to Klyment Kvitka, a court official, who was an amateur ethnographer and musicologist.
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 Lesya Ukrainka, a short biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lesya Ukrainka (Laryssa Kosach)(1871-1913), an outstanding Ukrainian poet, writer, translator; gained the highest expression of her talant as a dramatist.
Lesya Ukrainka (Laryssa Kosach) was born on February 25, 1871 in Volhynia (West Ukraine).
Lesya Ukrainka died on August 1, 1913 in the Caucasus and was beried in Kyiv.
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 Lesia Ukrainka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ukrainka was taught at a very early age that Ukrainian would be the language she should speak, even though Russian was enforced as the primary language in most schools and institutions.
By her eighth birthday, Ukrainka already wrote a poem that was a response to her aunt’s arrest and exile from an involvement with a group against the tsarist autocracy.
Ukrainka’s health began to deteriorate at the early age of 13 when she was diagnosed with tuberculosis ( Lesya Ukrainka 2).
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 Lesya Ukrainka - Result for Lesya Ukrainka - Meaning of Lesya Ukrainka - Definition of Lesya Ukrainka - Dictionary of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Image:LesyaUkrainka.jpg thumbright300pxLesya Ukrainka '''Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka''' (Лариса Петрівна Косач-Квітка, February 23, 1871 – August 1, 1913) better known under her literary pseudonym '''Lesya Ukrainka''' (Леся Українка), was one of Ukraine 's best-known poets and writers and the foremost woman writer in Ukrainian language Ukrainian literature.
Ukrainka's father was Petro Antonovych Kosach, head of the district assembly of conciliation conciliators.
Ukrainka was very close to her uncle M. Drahomanov (her spiritual mentor and teacher), and her brother Mykhaylo (who would be known under the pseudonym Mykhaylo Obachny) whom she called "Mysholosie." Ukrainka's mother played a significant role in her upbringing.
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 wiki/Lesya Ukrainka Definition / wiki/Lesya Ukrainka Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
At this time, Ukrainka was well on her way of becoming a pianist, but due to tuberculosis Tuberculosis is an infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (miliary TB), genitourinary system, bones and joints....
Ukrainka died on August 1, 1913 at a health clinic near Tiflis Tbilisi (Georgian თბილისი) or sometimes Tiflis is the capital city of the country Georgia, located on the Kura (Mtkvari) river.
A statue dedicated to Lesya Ukrainka is located on the campus of the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon Saskatoon is a city located in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River.
www.elresearch.com /wiki/Lesya_Ukrainka   (2047 words)

  
 Gallery - Ñàéò, ïîñâÿùåííûé àìåðèêàíñêîé àêòðèñå Àíäæåëèíå Äæîëè ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ukrainka was born in 1871 in the town of Novohrad-Volynsky, in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
Ukrainka learned how to read at the age of four, and she and her brother Mykhailo could read foreign languages well enough to read literature in their original languages.
Ukrainka married in 1907 to Klyment Kvitka, who was an ethnographer and musicologist.
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 Ukrainka Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lesya Ukrainka is the literary pseudonym of Larysa Kosach - Kvitka, who was born in 1871 to Olha Drahomanova-Kosach (literary pseudonym: Olena Pchilka), a writer and publisher in Eastern Ukraine, and Petro Kosach, a senior civil servant.
Lesya published her first collection of lyrical poetry, Na krylakh pisen' (On Wings of Songs), in 1893, a year after her translations of Heine's poetry, Knyha pisen' (The Book of Songs) appeared.
From the time that Lesya was a teenager, she often had to go abroad for surgery and various treatment regimens, and was advised to live in countries with a dry climate.
www.languagelanterns.com /ukrainka.htm   (775 words)

  
 Ukrainian Youth Association (CYM) -- about
In this poem Lesya Ukrainka verbalizes her unwillingness to be conquered by her illness.
Lesya felt that through her works she was participating not only in social and community life, but also in the battle for an independent country.
Lesya Ukrainka's life did not follow the path that she would have chosen, yet she never bowed to the obstacles nor hardships that life threw in her path.
www.cym.org /about/Hasla2003.asp   (460 words)

  
 Black Sea - Yalta - Lessya Ukrainka museum
Larysa began writing poetry at the age of 9, and the pen-name was originally suggested by her mother when her first poem was published in a journal in Lviv when she was thirteen.
Lessya Ukrainka's poetry and plays combine her belief in freedom and self-determination for her country with philosophical ideas and a lyrical and intensely personal relationship with nature and with the people she loved.
Lessya Ukrainka's poetry was strongly influenced by music and in particular by folk songs, and the house includes an exhibition of Ukrainian folk costumes and embroidery, and a small collection of banduras, the traditional folk instrument of Ukraine.
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 History of the library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
At 18, Artem street, in 1943, Lesya Ukrainka state public library was created.
On 25 February, 1971, on the day of 100-anniversary of Lesya Ukrainka birthday, library solemnly was opened in the premises at 83-85, Turgenivska str.
Lesya Ukrainka public library is the central library book stack, scientific methodical center for city public libraries, base library of Central Administration Board of culture and arts of Kyiv city state administration on questions of library raising
lucl.lucl.kiev.ua /eng/library_history.html   (427 words)

  
 Lesya Lesya Voitsekhovskaya Judaic Theme Shows In High Realism Paintings. There Are Original Genre Pict   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Biographical sketch of Lesya Ukrainka, Ukrainian woman author (1871-1913).
Lesya Ukrainka is the literary pseudonym of Larysa Kosach - Kvitka, who was born in 1871 to Olha L'viv under the name of Lesya Ukrainka, a literary pseudonym suggested by.
Emails between Lesya and Bob, prior to Lesya coming to the U. As my Fiance, and then Marrying Lesya, I asked you to call me or send me your phone.
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 Arts Gallery
Minister of Foreign affaires Anatoly Zlenko unveiled a memorial brass plaque to honor prominent Ukrainian poetess Lesya Ukrainka in the Alexandria library in Egypt.
The plaque is put on the memorial library's wall, devoted to honor the memory of persons, those had made contribution to the culture of Egypt.
As UNIAN has learned at the press-service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the plate will be established on the memorial wall of the library, especially intended for immortalization of the memory of outstanding personalities who devoted their works to Egypt, its history and culture.
www.artukraine.com /poetry/ukrayinka.htm   (166 words)

  
 Lesya Ukrainka Chair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Lesya Ukrainka Chair in Ukrainian Studies provides for the Director of the PCUH.
The primary task of the Lesya Ukrainka Chair, however, will be to act as the executive officer of the PCUH, oversee its programmes, interact with the University Administration and the PCUH Advisory Board while also liaising with the public at large.
The Chair is named after the outstanding Ukrainian literary figure Lesya Ukrainka, whose commemorative statue is situated on the grounds of the University of Saskatchewan.
stmcollege.ca /pcuh/academic/lesya_right.htm   (148 words)

  
 LESYA UKRAINKA VOLYN STATE UNIVERSITY
The history of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University started in 1940 when the Teachers' Training Institute was founded which in 1951 was reorganized into the Pedagogical Institute.
In 1993 according to the Degree of President of Ukraine on the basis of Lutsk Pedagogical Institute Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University was established, subordinated to the Ministry of Education.
In the process of university vital activity the authorities of the university constantly take care of successful combination of educational process with research work, thus stimulating professional improvement of the teachers' staff and creating the students' needs for self-expression, logical thinking, the wish to reach the source of scientific truth.
www.ceebd.co.uk /ceeed/un/ukr/ukr021.htm   (2483 words)

  
 Commemorative and Jubilee Coins of the Ukraine
anniversary of Lesya Ukrainka (Larysa Petrivna Kosach) - the outstanding Ukrainian poetess and public figure.
On the coin obverse there is the small State Emblem of Ukraine in the middle of the beads circumference decoration, framed with guelder-rose sprays.
On the coin reverse Lesya Ukrainka's portrait is depicted.
www.bank.gov.ua /engl/Bank_coin/yuv_mon/Coins/Vydatni_diachi/Lesia.htm   (144 words)

  
 Canadian Slavonic Papers: Warm the Children, O Sun: Selected Prose Fiction by Olha Kobylianska, Olena Pchilka, Nataliya ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Two sisters, both respected academics and members of the teaching profession, have conceived a monumental project for their retirement years: the translation into English of selected prose works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ukrainian women authors.
As they indicate in the Introduction, it was the "indomitable spirit" of their mother, a Ukrainian immigrant to Canada, that inspired them to undertake such a huge task.
Lesya Ukrainka, for example, had a reading knowledge of a dozen or so languages, and even wrote in some of them.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3763/is_200203/ai_n9064834   (1176 words)

  
 ForUm - Resnikovich left Kiev
The former director of National academic theatre of Russian drama in the name of Lesya Ukrainka, Mikhail Resnikovich, left Kiev, UNIAN reported.
We remind, the minister of culture and art of Ukraine, Oxana Biloxir, reported that the general director of National academic theatre of Russian drama in the name of Lesya Ukrainka, Mikhail Resnikovich was dismissed from his post for gross violation of order of renting settled real estate.
General Office of Public Prosecutor established that the director of the theatre signed a contract with a bogus company of tenancy with a right of privatization of a three-storey theatre dormitory for the period of 25 years, not having got a permit for transfer.
eng.for-ua.com /news/?id=559   (222 words)

  
 Theater of Russian Drama named after Lesya Ukrainka
In spite of its rather academic name the Academic Theatre of Drama and Comedy, located on the left bank of the Dnepr River, is a very innovative and young establishment.
Nowadays such famous Kiev actors as Vladimir Goryansky, Vitaly Linetzky, Lesya Samaeva, Lev Somov, Darya Loboda, Alexander Getmansky, Neonila Beletzkaya play in the theatre.
Its performances were highly appreciated at the different international theatrical festivals - Festival of Russian Theatres of CIS and Baltic States, Festival of Russian Theatres, Days of Ukrainian Culture in France, Slavic Theatrical Meetings and others.
www.kiev.info /culture/russian_drama.htm   (426 words)

  
 Lviv's City Organization of Ukrainian National Womens League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Celebration of Lesya Ukrainka's 130 Anniversary in Lviv Institute of Military.
Celebration of Lesya Ukrainka's 130 Anniversary in Lviv Medical University named after Danylo Galyts'kyy.
Celebration of Lesya Ukrainka's 130 Annivesary and Taras Shewchenko's 187 Anniversary in Obroshyno, Lviv's Region.
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 Ukrainian Literature in English, 1980-1989 by Marta Tarnawsky - Articles in Journals and Collections J-P - CIUS Press
A Czech translator of Shevchenko, Franko, Lesia Ukrainka and B. Lepkyi who was born in 1863 and died in 1940.
Where Lesia Ukrainka had created an exponent of personal liberty who believed in giving women all that they were capable of sustaining, Cherkasenko's Don Juan stands only for self-indulgence.
She turned to Hauptmann "for inspiration and insights during her search for a mode of dramatic expression suitable to her needs." There are parallels between Hauptmann's drama Vor Sonnenaufgang and Lesia Ukrainka's Blakytna troianda and the inspiration for Lisova pisnia, according to the author's own statement, came from Hauptmann's "Märchendrama" Die versunkene Glocke.
www.utoronto.ca /cius/HTMfiles/Intpub/Tarnawsk/RR62/rr62-a2.htm   (11086 words)

  
 Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State UniversityLesya Ukrainka Charity Educational Foundation
Dear Sirs,Since its foundation in 1998 Lesya Ukrainka Charity Educational Foundation has been actively promoting the development of university education in Volyn region. According to its mission the Foundation provides:
We highly appreciate the support of the Foundation in the development of the scientific and creative Volyn region elite and appeal to you for a sponsorship contribution to Lesya Ukrainka Charity Educational Foundation.
www.univer.lutsk.ua /nuz2/blagodiynuy_fond/index_en.htm   (145 words)

  
 Personalities of Saint-Petersburg -  Lavrov, Kirill Yuryevich
Born September 15,1925 into the family of Lavrov U.S., the leading actor at Kyyv Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre.
After demobilization was employed by the Kyyv Lesya Ukrainka Drama Theatre.
Since 1955 has been working in the troupe of the Gorky Academic Bolshoy Drama Theatre.
www.ceo.spb.ru /eng/theatre-cinema/lavrov.k.y/index.shtml   (168 words)

  
 Programs & Activities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Lesya Ukrainka Chair in Ukrainian Studies provides for the Director of the Prairie Heritage Centre.
The Chair is named after the outstanding Ukrainian literary figure Lesya Ukrainka (1871-1913), whose commemorative statue is situated on the grounds of the University of Saskatchewan.
Launched in 1995, the Mohyla Lecture series is an annual public lecture devoted to a discussion of Ukrainian heritage and contemporary affairs.
stmcollege.ca /pcuh/academic/programs_right.htm   (235 words)

  
 Arts events coming soon - British Council Ukraine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A new play by the famous British playwright Caryl Churchill will be presented in translation in one of the leading Ukrainian theatres – National Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre.
The play is called “A Number” and when it premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London, it enjoyed great critical acclaim with the Daily Mail stating it was “the most astonishing new play of the year”.
Tickets are available from ticket offices of National Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre.
www.britishcouncil.org /ukraine-arts-coming_soon.htm   (305 words)

  
 Misa en memoria de la gran poetisa ucraniana "Lesya Ukrainka" - UCRANIA.com | Forums | Cultura   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Misa en memoria de la gran poetisa ucraniana "Lesya Ukrainka"
Un conjunto folclórico ucraniano entona canciones cerca de la tumba de la gran poetisa ucraniana, Lesya Ukrainka, durante una misa en su memoria, al conmemorarse el 90 aniversario de su muerte.
Lesya Ukrainka, cuyo nombre real era Larysa Kosach-Kvitka, (1871-1913), poetisa de alto nivel, cuya creación máxima fue la obra teatral “Lisova Pisña” (Canción del Bosque) En su creación poética, L. Ukrainka rompe con la influencia del folklore y de la etnografía y se orienta hacia otros horizontes de carácter universal.
www.ucrania.com /link.asp?TOPIC_ID=176&view=lasttopic   (123 words)

  
 UNA Exhibit
Peter & Paul Branch 102 of the Ukrainian National Association was celebrated with a concert at the Ukrainian National Home, 2255 West 14th Street in Cleveland, on October 19, 1952.
The Brotherhood and its members donated towards and participated in the dedication of the Lesya Ukrainka monument in the Cleveland Ukrainian Cultural Garden in 1961.
During the period 1961-1964, Brotherhood members were vital participants in the fund raising for the erection and dedication of a monument to Ukraine’s national hero, the poet Taras Shevchenko, in Washington, D.C. The Ukrainian National Association became affiliated with The Ohio Fraternal Congress in 1962.
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 Alexander Archipenko   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO (1887-1964), the famous Ukrainian American who was born in Kiev is one of the greatest sculptors of modern times.
Archipenko is noted for his pure abstract sculpture, but his major realistic works were of Ukrainians such as Shevchenko, Franko, and Ukrainka.
He addressed these words to his countrymen at the dedication of his Taras Shevchenko monument in the United States on June 16, 1957.
www.angelfire.com /folk/ufa/articles/69Farchipenko.html   (2698 words)

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