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by various Ukrainian women writers. In the forward to the series, the founders discuss the need for a retrospective analysis which would explain, in part, the first tentative steps, taken one hundred years ago, on the long, tortuous road toward political, economic and social equality, a road which women in Ukraine still travel. As the publishers of the series point out, the writers whose works are featured do not speak with one voice; their works do not always touch upon feminist themes. Furthermore, the authors are differentiated from one another by differences in their respective literary skills and creative talents. They are, however, united in their faith in the power of literature, which is for each of them a vehicle of self- expression and an attempt to influence community activism, and by the fact that they are the observers and interpreters of reality from a woman's worldview. The first two books of the series include stories by Olena Pchilka and Nataliya Kobrynska (Volume One) and Dniprova Chayka and Lyubov Yanovska (Volume Two). Each book deserves individual attention. The Spirit of the Times. Selected prose fiction by Olena Pchilka and Nataliya Kobrynska. Translated by Roma Franko. Edited by Sonia Morris. Saskatoon, SK: Language Lanterns Publications, 1998. 472 p. (Women's Voices in Ukrainian Literature, v. 1) ISBN 0- 9683899-0-2 $14.95. In the Dark of the Night. Selected prose fiction by Dniprova Chayka and Lyubov Yanovska. Translated by Roma Franko. Edited by Sonia Morris. Saskatoon, SK: Language Lanterns Publications, 1998. 465 p. (Women's Voices in Ukrainian Literature, v. 2) ISBN 0-9683899- 1-0 $14.95. Editor's Note: This review was originally presented in Ukrainian on the radio broadcast of the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center in Philadelphia on March 27, 1999. The translation is mine and any inaccuracies and inconsistencies are solely mine. * * * Dniprova Chayka is the pseudonym of Liudmyla Berezyna-Vasylevska, bom in Kharkiv in 1861. Her works range from realist stories about the lives of Ukraine's intelligentsia and Ukraine's peasants to modernist miniatures to libretti for children's operas. Hrytsko Hryhorenko is the pseudonym of Olexandra Sudovshchykova-Kosach, bom in Makarev (northern Russia) in 1867. The sister-in-law of Lesia Ukrainka, she wrote many stories about the hardships suffered by Ukrainian villagers of the times and translated French, Swedish and English literature into Ukrainian. Nataliya Kobrynska was bom in 1851 in Beleluia. A dedicated feminist, she advocated the establishment of day-care centers and was committed to literature for, by and about women. Olha Kobylianska was bom in Gura Humorului in 1863. Her first stories were written in German, but her later works, influenced by her involvement with the Ukrainian women's movement in Bukovyna, were written in Ukrainian, often characterized by feminist themes and the mysteries of nature. Olena Pchilka is the pseudonym of Olha Drahomanova-Kosach, bom in Hadiache in 1849. An accomplished ethnographer, playwright, essayist and biographer, she is probably best known as the mother of Lesia Ukrainka. Lyubov Yanovska was bom in Mykolaivka in 1861. A teacher and community activist who established several Sunday schools in Poltavshchyna, she authored over one hundred short stories, novellas, novels and dramas. Yevhenia Yaroshynska was bom in Chunkiv, Bukovyna in 1868. An internationally recognized folklorist, she was also the author of short stories and novels. “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИПЕНЬ-СЕРПЕНЬ 1999 19
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