Anna Pavlyk (26 January 1855 - 13 October 1928) was a Ukrainian social and cultural activist and writer, an active participant in the women's movement in Galicia.

Biography

Anna Pavlyk was born in Monastyrske village, now part of the city of

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, then in the

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. Due to the difficult financial conditions of the family, Anna could not systematically attend school. She was a mercenary. Pavlyk had a great desire to learn, but could only do it on her own, by reading books. Pavlyk distributed the books and magazines sent to her by her brother among the villagers of Kosiv because of which she was persecuted by the local authorities. In 1877, Pavlyk was arrested and convicted twice - in January and summer, together with

Ivan Franko Ivan Yakovych Franko (, ; 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, translator, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, and the author of the first d ...

, Mykhailo Pavlyk, , and others. Pavlyk was also arrested in 1879 and 1880. Each time the court issued a prison sentence.

Works

Pavlyk wrote articles, essays and poems. Her article ''My and human sins, and lordly and popish truth'' is devoted to the injustice of the authorities. She wrote the essay ''Zaribnytsia'' (Almanac "The First Wreath", 1887). Pavlyk also wrote poems in which she strongly spoke out against the injustice of the authorities, the extortion of priests (''Dishonesty'', ''Pope's Conscience'', ''Judgment of Fools''), journalistic articles (''A sample of a peasant farmer from Kosiv''), recorded folklore.

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's sister - Olga Drahomanova-Kosach (literary pseudonym Olena Pchilka), who met Anna Pavlyk through Ivan Franko, was interested in the work of the talented writer. In 1887, together with Nataliya Kobrynska, Pavlyk published an

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of women's works - authors of Galicia and Naddnipro region ''The First Wreath'', in which Pavlyk's short story was printed. In the 1920s, Pavlyk, who remained single, helped orphans from village Monastyrske, and intended to build an orphanage and a house on specially purchased land where sick Ukrainian writers could come for rest and creative work. Still, she failed to realize this intention due to sudden death. Anna Pavlyk died on 13 October 1928 in the city of

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, where she was buried. In Kosiv, one of the streets is named after her.

References

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