List of Ukrainian-language writers

Ukrainian-language writers

Shevchenko Franko Ukrainka Vovchok Andrukhovych Andijewska Pokalchuk Kotsiubynsky Karpa Kobylianska Zhadan Lysheha Kostenko Kobrynska Pidmohylny Zabuzhko

This is a list of authors who have written works of prose and poetry in the Ukrainian language.

Contents 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• 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
• Bohdan Ihor Antonych (1909–1937), poet, translator, and editor

B

• 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
• Mykola Bazhan (1904–1983), poet, editor, and translator
• 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

C

• Dniprova Chayka (1861–1927), poet, short story writer, and children's writer
• Marko Cheremshyna (1874–1927), short story writer, and translator
• Boris Chichibabin (1923–1994), poet
• Taras Chubay (born 1970), poet, and songwriter
• Pavlo Chubynsky (1839–1884), poet and ethnographer

D

• 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
• Yuriy Drohobych (1450–1494), philosopher, science writer, theologian, and ethnographer
• Alexander Dukhnovich (1803–1865), poet, historian, and ethnographer

E

• Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny (1894–1925), poet, and journalist
• Hryhorii Epik (1901–1937), novelist, short story writer, journalist, screenwriter, and publisher

F

• 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

• Viktor Grabovskyj (born 1942), poet, translator, literary critic, and journalist
• Lydia Grigorieva (born 1945), poet

H

• Pavlo Hai-Nyzhnyk (born 1971), poet, historian, science writer, and ethnographer
• 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
• Yevhen Hutsalo (1937–1995), poet, novelist, journalist, and children's writer

I

• Volodymyr Ivasyuk (1949–1979), poet, and songwriter

K

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 (1892–1927), 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 (1778–1843), playwright, novelist, short story writer, and journalist

L

• Bohdan Lepky (1872–1941), poet, and translator
• Serhiy Leshchenko (born 1980), journalist, and editor
• Oleh Lysheha (1949–2014), poet, playwright, and translator

M

• Mykhaylo Maksymovych (1804–1873), historian, educator, and folklorist
• Ivan Malkovych (born 1960), poet, and publisher
• Volodymyr Malyk (1921–1998), novelist
• Mykola Markevych (1804–1860), historian, ethnographer, and poet
• Amvrosii Metlynsky (1814–1870), poet, ethnographer, and publisher.
• Pavlo Movchan (born 1939), poet
• Panas Myrny (1849–1920), novelist, and playright

N

• Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky (1838–1918), novelist, short story writer, and playwright
• Vsevolod Nestayko (1930–2014), children's writer

O

• Theodore Odrach (1912–1964), novelist, short story writer, and memoirist
• Oleksandr Oles (1878–1944), poet, and playwright

P

• Tomasz Padura (1801–1871), poet, and songwriter
• Dmytro Pavlychko (born 1929), poet, translator, and screenwriter
• Ihor Pavlyuk (born 1967), poet, novelist, and essayist
• Olena Pchilka (1849–1930), poet, ethnographer, 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
• Svitlana Pyrkalo (born 1976), novelist, essayist, editor, and journalist

R

• Valentyn Rechmedin (1916–1986), novelist, journalist, editor, and literary critic
• Maksym Rylsky (1895–1964), poet

S

• Ulas Samchuk (1905–1987), journalist, and publicist
• Mykhaylo Semenko (1892–1937), poet, and editor
• Markiyan Shashkevych (1811–1843), poet, and translator
• Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), poet, playwright, folklorist, and ethnographer
• 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

• Yuriy Tarnawsky (born 1934)fiction, poetry, plays, translations, and 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

• Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913), poet, playwright, literary critic, and essayist

V

• Ivan Vahylevych (1811–1866), poet, and ethnographer
• Vasyl Gogol-Yanovsky (1777–1825), poet, and playwright
• 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

• 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 (born 1942), novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist
• Serhiy Yefremov (1876–1939), journalist, and literary critic
• Olexiy Yurin (born 1982), poet

Z

• 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), poet, short story writer, and children's writer

See also

• Ukrainian literature
• Contemporary Ukrainian literature
• List of Ukrainian-language poets
• List of Ukrainian women writers