Who is Lesya Ukrainka to us?.. She is Mavka, the Ukrainian Cassandra; she is the voice behind “To keep from crying, I laughed,” and also “No! I am alive! I will live forever!” She is our national code of resilience.
Lesya Ukrainka’s legacy includes not only poetry but also translations, prose, and dramatic poems — a genre she especially developed in Ukrainian literature.
This collection invites you to enjoy her most famous poems, including Ancient Spring, I’d Like to Become a Song..., As a Child, It Used to Be..., and more. Also featured are her dramatic fairy tale The Forest Song, and her poetic dramas The Possessed, Cassandra, The Noblewoman, and An Ancient Tale.
