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

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. 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

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, 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

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. She suffered a paralytic stroke in 1923 and died ten years later. 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

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and

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References

External links

* Ivan Koshelivets
Yanovska, Liubov
Encyclopedia of Ukraine * Kobyli︠a︡nsʹka, Olʹha (2000). ''Warm the Children, O Sun: Selected Prose Fiction''. Language Lanterns Publications. 1861 births 1933 deaths Ukrainian women novelists Ukrainian women short story writers Ukrainian short story writers 19th-century Ukrainian women writers 20th-century Ukrainian women writers 19th-century Ukrainian writers 20th-century Ukrainian writers Writers from the Russian Empire {{Ukraine-writer-stub