Lyubov Yanovska
{{Short description|Ukrainian writer and feminist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lyubov Yanovska
| image = Яновська Любов.jpg
| birth_date = 1861
| birth_place = Eastern Ukraine
| death_date = {{death date and age|1933|1861}}
| nationality = Ukrainian
| occupation = Writer, feminist
| notable_works = Novels, plays
| spouse = Vasyl Yanovskyi
| children = Valentyna Radzymovska
}}
Lyubov Yanovska (Ukrainian: Любов Олександрівна Яновська; 1861–1933) was a Ukrainian writer and feminist.
Biography
The daughter of Oleksandr Shcherbachov, a published author of Russian descent, and a Ukrainian mother, she was born Lyubov Shcherbachova in eastern Ukraine. Her mother's aunt was married to Panteleimon Kulish. Her parents separated due to tensions caused by their different ethnic backgrounds. In 1881, she married Vasyl Yanovskyi, a Ukrainian intellectual, and educated herself on Ukrainian culture, literature and history. Her first short story was published in 1897. She also wrote novels and plays.
In 1905, Yanovska moved to Kyiv, where she became involved in literary circles and the women's movement. After 1916, she was no longer able to write because of health problems aggravated by her work helping women and children left in poverty by World War I. She suffered a paralytic stroke in 1923 and died ten years later.{{cite web |url=http://www.languagelanterns.com/yanovska.htm |title=Lyubov Yanovska (1861-1933) |work=Women's Voices in Ukrainian Literature |publisher=Language Lanterns Publications}}
Her work was translated to English for the collections In the Dark of the Night (1998) and Warm the Children, O Sun (1998).
Her daughter was Valentyna Radzymovska, Ukrainian physiologist and biochemist.
References
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External links
- Ivan Koshelivets, [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CY%5CA%5CYanovskaLiubov.htm Yanovska, Liubov], Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- Kobyli︠a︡nsʹka, Olʹha (2000). Warm the Children, O Sun: Selected Prose Fiction. Language Lanterns Publications. {{ISBN|978-0-9683899-4-2}}
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Category:Ukrainian women novelists
Category:Ukrainian women short story writers
Category:Ukrainian short story writers
Category:19th-century Ukrainian women writers
Category:20th-century Ukrainian women writers
Category:19th-century Ukrainian writers
Category:20th-century Ukrainian writers
Category:Writers from the Russian Empire
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