Olha Kobylianska

Olha Kobylianska was born on 27 November 1863 in Gura Humorului, in Austrian Bukovina. She received only four years of schooling, in German, and was self-taught; her first texts, from 1880, were written in German. Settled in Chernivtsi in 1891, she turned to Ukrainian through contact with Natalia Kobrynska and Sofia Okunevska, and in 1894 was one of the initiators of the Society of Ruthenian Women of Bukovina. Linked to Lesya Ukrainka by a passionate friendship, she associated with Franko, Stefanyk and Kotsiubynsky. She died in Chernivtsi on 21 March 1942.

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• NovelЗемляOlha Kobylianska · 1902not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain