Lesya Ukrainka
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| Born | Larysa Petrivna Kosach 25 February 1871 Novohrad-Volynskyi, Volhynia Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 1 August 1913 (aged 42) Surami, Russian Empire |
| Resting place | Baikove Cemetery, Kyiv |
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| Period | 1884–1913 |
| Literary movement | Modernism |
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Lesya Ukrainka (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 female rights activist.
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), and the plays Princess (1913), Cassandra (1903–1907), In the Catacombs (1905), and Forest Song (1911).