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Lina Kostenko is a Ukrainian writer known for her contributions to Ukrainian literature. She matters as an important literary figure in Ukrainian culture and intellectual history.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 19 Mar 1930
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Marusi͡a Churaĭ
- Vitryla
- Mandrivky sert͡si͡a
- Prominni͡a zemli
- Luchi zemli
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 4
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5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
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Key dates
- Born
- 19 March 1930
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lina
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Place of birth
- Rzhyshchiv
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Educated at
- Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
- Languages spoken
- Ukrainian
- Field of work
- literature
- Genre
- poetry
Article
Lina Vasylivna Kostenko (Ukrainian: Ліна Василівна Костенко; born 19 March 1930) is a Ukrainian poet, journalist, writer, publisher, and former Soviet dissident. A founder and leading representative of the Sixtiers poetry movement, Kostenko has been described as one of Ukraine's foremost poets and credited with reviving Ukrainian-language lyric poetry.
Kostenko has been granted numerous honours, including an honorary professorship at Kyiv Mohyla Academy, honorary doctorates of Lviv and Chernivtsi Universities, the Shevchenko National Prize, and the Legion of Honour.
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1930 births20th-century Ukrainian poets20th-century Ukrainian women poets21st-century Ukrainian poets21st-century Ukrainian women poetsKnights of the Legion of HonourLiving peopleMaxim Gorky Literature Institute alumniNational Pedagogical Dragomanov University alumniPeople from RzhyshchivRecipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class