Ukrainian literature

Ukrainian literature is literature written in the Ukrainian language.

Kievan Rus

The original literature in Kievan Rus was written in the Church Slavonic and was strong between the 11th and 13th centuries. One major work was the Tale of Bygone Years by Nestor. Another key work includes the Slovo o polhu Ihorevi (The tale of Igor's campaign).

Decline of Rus and Lithuanian-Polish Commonwealth period

The Ostrih Bible was printed in 1581. Other works included anonymous Perestoroha and the writing of Hypatius Ponti

Bandura

The sixteenth century included the folk epics called dumy. These songs celebrated the activities of the Cossacks.

The Aenied

The father of Ukrainian literature in the recognized form of the Ukrainian language itself is Ivan Kotlyarevsky, who wrote a travesty of Virgil's Aeneid. It used the Cossacks as the heroes of the epic and often used common, peasant language.

Romantic Period

Shevchenko

Realism

Modernism, Expressionism, and Impressionism

Revolution and Avant Garde

Soviet Realism and 1960's opening

Post-Communist writing

Ukrainian writers list

Ukrainian writers include: Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ivan Kotliarevsky, Taras Shevchenko, Marko Vovchok, Panteleimon Kulish, Ivan Franko, Lesya Ukrainka, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Olha Kobylianska, Pavlo Tychyna, Mykola Khvylovy, Mykola Kulish, Mykola Bazhan, Maksym Rylsky, Mykola Zerov, Mykhail Semenko, Ostap Vyshnia, Borys Antonenko-Davydovych, Olena Teliha, Oles Honchar, Vasyl Symonenko, Lina Kostenko, Ivan Drach, Yevhen Hutsalo, Hryhir Tiutiunnyk, Pavlo Zahrebelny, Valerii Shevchuk, Ihor Kalynets, Emma Andiievska, Vasyl Stus, Yurii Andrukhovych, Oksana Zabuzhko.