List of Ukrainian-language writers
This is a list of authors who have written works of prose and poetry in the Ukrainian language.
A
[edit]- Victoria Amelina (1986–2023), poet and novelist
- Nikolai Amosov (1913–2002), novelist, essayist, and medical writer
- Emma Andijewska (born 1931), novelist, poet, and short story writer
- Nadija Hordijenko Andrianova (1921–1998), journalist, translator, and biographer
- Sofia Andrukhovych (born 1982), novelist, translator, and editor
- Yuri Andrukhovych (born 1960), novelist, poet, short story writer, essayist, and translator
- Borys Antonenko-Davydovych (1899–1984), writer, translator and linguist
- Bohdan Ihor Antonych (1909–1937), poet, translator, and editor
B
[edit]- Kateryna Babkina (born 1985), poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright and screenwriter
- Anna Bagriana (born 1981), novelist, poet, playwright, and translator
- Ivan Bahrianyi (1906–1963), poet, novelist, and essayist
- Mykola Bakay (1931–1998), poet, and songwriter
- Vasyl Barka (1908–2003), poet, writer, literary critic, and translator
- Volodymyr Ivanovych Barvinok (1879–1943), historian, theologian, and bibliographer
- Hanna Barvinok (1828–1911), writer and folklorist
- Mykola Bazhan (1904–1983), poet, editor, and translator
- Natalia Belchenko (born 1973), poet and translator
- Oles Berdnyk (1927–2003), science fiction writer, futurist and globalist, philosopher and theologian
- Nina Bichuya (born 1937), novelist, and children's writer
- Natalka Bilotserkivets (born 1954), poet, and translator
- Dmytro Blazheyovskyi (1910–2011), historian, and theologian
- Osip Bodyansky (1808–1878), poet, memoirist, historian, and ethnographer
- Levko Borovykovsky (1806–1889), romantic poet, writer, translator, and folklorist.
C
[edit]- Dniprova Chayka (1861–1927), poet, short story writer, and children's writer
- Artem Chapeye (born 1981), writer, reporter, translator, and activist
- Olena Chekan (1946–2013), actress, voice artist, screenwriter, journalist and social activist
- Artem Chekh (born 1985), writer and journalist
- Marko Cheremshyna (1874–1927), short story writer, and translator
- Tetiana Cherep-Perohanych (born 1974), poet, novelist, playwright and journalist
- Boris Chichibabin (1923–1994), poet
- Daria Chubata (born 1940), physician, writer, and poet
- Taras Chubay (born 1970), poet, and songwriter
- Pavlo Chubynsky (1839–1884), poet and ethnographer
- Eugenia Chuprina (born 1971), poet, writer, playwright
D
[edit]- Larysa Denysenko (born 1973), writer, lawyer, human rights activist, TV and radio presenter
- Myroslav Dochynets (born 1959), novelist, short story writer, and journalist
- Dmytro Dontsov (1883–1973), editor, publisher, journalist, and literary critic
- Ivan Drach (born 1936), poet, screenwriter, and literary critic
and political activist
- Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841–1895), intellectual, publisher, economist, historian, philosopher and ethnographer
- Yuriy Drohobych (1450–1494), philosopher, science writer, theologian, and ethnographer
- Alexander Dukhnovich (1803–1865), poet, historian, and ethnographer
- Bohdana Durda (born 1940), writer, poet and songwriter
- Ivan Dziuba (1931–2022), literary critic, social activist and dissident
- Tetiana Dziuba (born 1966), writer, literary critic, journalist and translator
E
[edit]- Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny (1894–1925), poet, and journalist
- Hryhorii Epik (1901–1937), novelist, short story writer, journalist, screenwriter, and publisher
F
[edit]- Yuriy Fedkovych (1834–1888), short story writer, poet, folklorist, editor, and translator
- Moysey Fishbein (born 1946), poet, editor, and translator
- Ivan Franko (1856–1916), novelist, poet, literary critic, journalist, and translator
- Petro Franko (1890–1941), novelist, memoirist, and screenwriter
G
[edit]- Vasyl Gogol-Yanovsky (1777–1825), poet, and playwright
- Yuriy Gorlis-Gorsky (1898–1946) writer, public figure
- Viktor Grabovskyj (born 1942), poet, translator, literary critic, and journalist
- Lydia Grigorieva (born 1945), poet
- Nataliya Gumenyuk (born 1983), journalist and writer
H
[edit]- Pavlo Hai-Nyzhnyk (born 1971), poet, historian, science writer, and ethnographer
- Yaroslav Halan (1902–1949), playwright, publicist, journalist, translator and radio host
- Leonid Hlibov (1827–1893), poet, fabulist, children's writer, and editor
- Volodymyr Hnatiuk (1871–1926), folklorist, translator, ethnographer, and journalist
- Yakub Holovatsky (1814–1888), historian, ethnographer, bibliographer, and poet
- Oles Honchar (1918–1995), novelist, poet, short story writer, and journalist
- Yevhen Hrebinka (1812–1848), poet, fabulist, novelist, short story writer, and translator
- Borys Hrinchenko (1863–1910), historian, poet, and ethnographer
- Hrytsko Hryhorenko (1867–1924), poet, short story writer, translator, and journalist
- Volodymyr Huba (born 1938), poet
- Dokiya Humenna (1904–1996), writer
- Yevhen Hutsalo (1937–1995), poet, novelist, journalist, and children's writer
I
[edit]- Myroslav Irchan (1897–1937), storywriter and playwright.
- Oksana Ivanenko (1906–1997), children's writer and translator
- Roman Ivanychuk (1929–2016), writer and politician
- Volodymyr Ivasyuk (1949–1979), poet, and songwriter
K
[edit]- Igor Kaczurowskyj (1918–2013), poet, translator, novelist, short story writer, literary scholar, and journalist
- Ihor Kalynets (born 1939), poet
- Irena Karpa (1980), songwriter, and journalist
- Adrian Kashchenko (1858–1921), short story writer, historian, and publisher
- Hrytsko Kernerenko (1863–1941), poet
- Hnat Khotkevych (1877–1938), novelist, short story writer, ethnographer, and playwright
- Mykola Khvylovy (1893–1933), poet, short story writer, and novelist
- Max Kidruk (born 1984), novelist, short story writer, and travel writer
- Iya Kiva (born 1984), poet, translator, journalist, and critic
- Marianna Kiyanovska (born 1973), poet and translator
- Olha Kobylianska (1863–1942), novelist, short story writer, and playwright
- Oleksandr Konysky (1836–1900), novelist, poet, educator, and publisher
- Oleksandr Korniychuk (1905–1972), playwright, and literary critic.
- Ivan Feodosiyovych Korsak (born 1946), poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist, and editor
- Nataliya Kobrynska (1851–1920), novelist, short story writer, editor, and publisher
- Natalena Koroleva (1888–1966), novelist, short story writer[1]
- Sonya Koshkina (born 1985), journalist, author
- Lina Kostenko (born 1930), poet, novelist, and children's writer
- Ivan Kotliarevsky (1769–1838), poet and playwright
- Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864–1913), novelist and short story writer
- Uliana Kravchenko (1860–1947), educator, writer and poet
- Svitlana Kryvoruchko (born 1975), journalist, and editor
- Roman Kudlyk (born 1941), poet, editor, and literary critic
- Ivan Kulyk (1897–1937), poet, and translator
- Mykola Kulish (1892–1937), playwright, and poet
- Panteleimon Kulish (1819–1897), novelist, literary critic, poet, folklorist, historian, and translator
- Zenon Kuzela (1882–1952), journalist, historian, and editor
- Hryhory Kvitka-Osnovianenko (1778–1843), playwright, novelist, short story writer, and journalist
L
[edit]- Bohdan Lepky (1872–1941), poet, and translator
- Serhiy Leshchenko (born 1980), journalist, and editor
- Oleh Lysheha (1949–2014), poet, playwright, and translator
- Myroslav Laiuk (born 1990), novelist, poet, scriptwriter
M
[edit]- Mykhaylo Maksymovych (1804–1873), historian, educator, and folklorist
- Ivan Malkovych (born 1961), poet, and publisher
- Volodymyr Malyk (1921–1998), novelist
- Mykola Markevych (1804–1860), historian, ethnographer, and poet
- Yaroslav Melnyk (born 1959), novelist, short story writer, and literary critic
- Amvrosii Metlynsky (1814–1870), poet, ethnographer, and publisher.
- Eugene Miroshnichenko (born 1939), critic, historian and journalist
- Pavlo Movchan (born 1939), poet
- Panas Myrny (1849–1920), novelist, and playwright
N
[edit]- Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky (1838–1918), novelist, short story writer, and playwright
- Vsevolod Nestayko (1930–2014), children's writer
O
[edit]- Theodore Odrach (1912–1964), novelist, short story writer, and memoirist
- Oleksandr Oles (1878–1944), poet, and playwright
- Yaroslav Oros (born 1959), novelist and journalist
P
[edit]- Tomasz Padura (1801–1871), poet, and songwriter
- Atena Pashko (1931–2012), chemical engineer, poet, social activist
- Dmytro Pavlychko (1929–2023), poet, translator, and screenwriter
- Ihor Pavlyuk (born 1967), poet, novelist, and essayist
- Olena Pchilka (1849–1930), poet, ethnographer, and translator
- Halyna Petrosanyak (born 1969), poet, writer and translator
- Viktor Petrov (1894–1969), novelist, and science writer
- Mariyka Pidhiryanka (1881–1963), poet, and children's writer
- Valerian Pidmohylny (1901–1937), novelist, short story writer, translator, and literary critic
- Les Podervianskyi (born 1952), playwright, and poet
- Yuri Pokalchuk (1941–2008), poet, novelist, short story writer, translator, and literary critic
- Valentyn Prodaievych (born 1960), journalist and writer
- Svitlana Pyrkalo (born 1976), novelist, essayist, editor, and journalist
R
[edit]- Valentyn Rechmedin (1916–1986), novelist, journalist, editor, and literary critic
- Maksym Rylsky (1895–1964), poet
S
[edit]- Ulas Samchuk (1905–1987), journalist, and publicist
- Mariana Savka (born 1973), poet, children's writer, translator and a publisher
- Mykhaylo Semenko (1892–1937), poet, and editor
- Iryna Senyk (1926–2009), poet
- Markiyan Shashkevych (1811–1843), poet, and translator
- Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), poet, playwright, folklorist, and ethnographer
- Vasyl Shkliar (born 1951), writer and political activist
- Iryna Shuvalova (born 1986), poet, translator and scholar
- Lyubov Sirota (born 1956), poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, and translator
- Liudmyla Skyrda (born 1945), poet, translator, and literary critic
- Maryna Sokolyan (born 1979), novelist, short story writer, and playwright
- Volodymyr Sosiura (1898–1965), poet
- Mykhailo Starytsky (1840–1904), poet, novelist, and playwright
- Vasyl Stefanyk (1871–1936), short story writer
- Ivan Steshenko (1873–1918), poet, journalist, editor, and translator
- Vasyl Stus (1938–1985), poet, and publicist
- Vasyl Symonenko (1935–1963), poet, and journalist
T
[edit]- Yuriy Tarnawsky (born 1934) fiction, poetry, plays, translations, and literary criticism
- Olena Teliha (1906–1942), novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator, and literary critic
- Hryhoriy Tiutiunnyk (1920–1961), poet
- Tryzuby Stas (1948–2007), poet and songwriter
- Volodymyr Tsybulko (born 1964), poet
- Pavlo Tychyna (1891–1967), poet and translator
U
[edit]- Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913), poet, playwright, literary critic, and essayist
V
[edit]- Ivan Vahylevych (1811–1866), poet, and ethnographer
- Iryna Vilde (1907–1982), writer and correspondent
- Marko Vovchok (1833–1907), novelist, short story writer, and translator
- Vira Vovk (born 1926), poet, novelist, playwright, and translator
- Volodymyr Vynnychenko (1880–1951), novelist, short story writer, and playwright
- Leonid Vysheslavsky (1914–2002), poet, literary critic, and translator
- Ostap Vyshnya (1889–1956), short story writer, and journalist
Y
[edit]- Sofia Yablonska (1907–1971) writer, photographer and architect.
- Tetiana Yakovenko (born 1954), poet, literary critic, teacher
- Mykhailo Yalovy (1895–1937), novelist, poet, playwright, and editor
- Volodymyr Yaniv (1908–1981), poet
- Lyubov Yanovska (1861–1933), novelist, short story writer, and playwright
- Yevheniya Yaroshynska (1868–1904), journalist, short story writer, editor, and translator
- Volodymyr Yavorivsky (1942–2021), novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist
- Dmytro Yavornytsky (1855–1940), historian, archeologist, ethnographer, folklorist, and lexicographer
- Serhiy Yefremov (1876–1939), journalist, and literary critic
- Volodymyr Yermolenko (born 1980), philosopher, essayist and translator
- Ivan Yizhakevych (1864–1962), painter and writer
- Olexiy Yurin (born 1982), poet
Z
[edit]- Oksana Zabuzhko (born 1960), novelist, poet, essayist
- Pavlo Zahrebelnyi (1924–2009), novelist, and short story writer
- Mykola Zerov (1890–1937), poet, translator, and literary critic
- Serhiy Zhadan (born 1974), poet, novelist, essayist, and translator
- Iryna Zhylenko (born 1941–2013), poet, short story writer, and children's writer
See also
[edit]- Ukrainian literature
- Contemporary Ukrainian literature
- List of Ukrainian-language poets
- List of Ukrainian women writers