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TWO HUMAN JOURNEYS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS: OKSANA LIATURYNSKA (1902-1970) AND OLENA TELIHA (1907-1942) by HELENE TURKEWICZ-SANKO Oksana Liaturynska Imagine a 1924 cafe in Prague, perhaps today's Cafe Salvia, where two women are sitting at opposite tables. Perhaps two Ukrainian women who were in Prague in the 1920s may have met in just such a way. They glance at each other, acknowledge each other with a smile and a nod, politely exchange a few words. On finishing their refreshments, they leave, never to see each other again. These two women might be Oksana Liaturynska and Olena Teliha. Bom in the early years of the twentieth century, they exemplify through their human journeys and their works the fate of a whole generation of Ukrainian people who went to the former Czechoslovakia to complete their education. Members of the classes of the late 1910s and early 1920s, their journeys would diverge: some would leave Prague and go West and eventually abroad to America; others would go East and return to Ukraine to shape the fate of a nation at the cost of their own lives. Among the first biographies and identification photos of Liaturynska and Teliha are those found in the Olena Teliha Ukrainian Encyclopedia published in Munich in 1955. They help us imagine these women in their pre-teen years. At eleven, Oksana Liaturynska, a native of Volynia, learns of the death of another native of Volynia, the famous poet and writer Lesia Ukrainka. At age 10, Olena Teliha moves with her family from St. Petersburg, where she was bom, to Kyiv. During the next two years, from 1917 to 1919, she witnesses the birth of the Ukrainian National Republic. She begins an intense search for her own identity. There are massive funeral on the one hand and the declaration of a nation's independence and sovereignty on the other hand, events that will no doubt strongly influence both women during their formative years. In 1924, Oksana Liaturynska and Olena Teliha found themselves in Czechoslovakia. Oksana Liaturynska reached Prague via Germany, escaping from Ukraine and a very authoritarian father. She remained in Prague until World War II, devoting herself to her art and her writing. Although she was veiy shy 16 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, КВІТЕНЬ 1999 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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