Marko Vovchok
Writer
Marko Vovchok (pseud of Mariia Vilinska) was a Ukrainian female writer of Russian descent. Her pen name, Marko Vovchok, was invented by Panteleimon Kulish. Her works had an anti-serfdom orientation and described the historical past of Ukraine. In 1851 she married Opanas Markovych, who had been a member of the Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood, and moved from Orel to Ukraine. From 1851 to 1858 she lived in Chernihiv, Kyiv, and Nemyriv and studied the Ukrainian language and Ukrainian traditions and folklore and wrote "Folk Stories", which was published in 1857. It met with immediate acclaim in Ukrainian literary circles, particularly...
Born: December 22, 1833 in Yekaterininskoye, Yeletsk Uyezd, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died: August 10, 1907 (Age 73)
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