Hanna Barvinok
Hanna Barvinok | |
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| Ганна Барвінок | |
Barvinok in 1866 | |
| Born | Oleksandra Mikhailovna Bilozerska 5 May 1828 Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire (now Chernihiv Governorate, Ukraine) |
| Died | 6 July 1911 (aged 83) Motronivka |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, folklorist |
| Spouse | Panteleimon Kulish |
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Oleksandra Mikhailovna Bilozerska-Kulish (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндра Михай́лівна Білозе́рська-Кулі́ш; 5 May 1828 – 6 July 1911), who commonly wrote under the pseudonym Hanna Barvinok, was a Ukrainian writer and folklorist. Considered one of the most important writers in Ukraine, she was the first female writer of modern Ukrainian literature and became a pioneer of ethnographic realism in Ukrainian writing.
In addition to her better-known pseudonym of Hanna Barvinok, she also wrote under the name A. Nečuj-Viter. She was married to the writer Panteleimon Kulish and was the sister of Vasyl and Mykola Bilozersky.