Historical FigureFemale
Marko Vovčok
1833 – 1907
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryMarko Vovchok 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 the 1860s, Vovchok gained considerable literary fame in Ukraine after the publication in 1857 of a Ukrainian-language collection, Folk Tales.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
December 10, 1833
Yekaterininskoye
Date of death
July 28, 1907
Nalchik
Citizenship
Russian Empire · Ukraine
Occupations & fields
translatorwriterchildren's writereditorshort story writer
Awards & honours
Montyon Prize
- Field and occupation
- ukrajinská spisovatelka
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