Lesya Ukrainka
(1871-1913)

woman and poet

Died aged 42

Lesya Ukrainka (Ukrainian: Леся Українка [ˈlɛsʲɐ ʊkrɐˈjinkɐ]; born Larysa Petrivna Kosach, Ukrainian: Лариса Петрівна Косач; 25 February [O.S. 13 February] 1871 – 1 August [O.S. 19 July] 1913) was one of Ukrainian literature's foremost writers, best known for her poems and plays. She was also an active political, civil, and feminist activist. Among her best-known works are the collections of poems On the wings of songs (1893), Thoughts and Dreams (1899), Echos (1902), the epic poem Ancient fairy tale (1893), One word (1903), plays Princess (1913), Cassandra (1903—1907), In the Catacombs (1905), and Forest Song (1911).

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

აქ. 1908 წ ცხოვრობდა უკრაი ნული მწერალი ლესია უკრაინკა Здесь в 1908 г. проживала украинская писательица Леся Украинка

English translation: Ukrainian writer Lesya Ukrainka lived here in 1908

Akhvlediani St, Telavi, Georgia where they lived (1908)

ამ სახლში ჩერდებოდა 1905, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912 წ.წ. დიდი უკრაინედი პოეტი ქალი ლესია უკრაინკა У цьому будинку зупинялась 1905, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912 р.р. велика українська поетеса Леся Українка

English translation: Staying in this house in 1905, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912. The 'Great Ukrainian' female poet Lesia Ukrainka

2 Konstantine Gamsakhurdia Street, Batumi, Georgia where they stayed