# List of Ukrainian-language writers

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

* Victoria Amelina (1986–2023), poet and novelist
* 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
* Borys Antonenko-Davydovych (1899–1984), writer, translator and linguist
* Bohdan Ihor Antonych (1909–1937), poet, translator, and editor

## B

* Kateryna Babkina (born 1985), poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright and screenwriter
* Anna Bagriana (born 1981), novelist, poet, playwright, and translator
* 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
* Hanna Barvinok (1828–1911), writer and folklorist
* Mykola Bazhan (1904–1983), poet, editor, and translator
* Natalia Belchenko (born 1973), poet and translator
* Oles Berdnyk (1927–2003), science fiction writer, futurist and globalist, philosopher and theologian
* 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
* Levko Borovykovsky (1806–1889), romantic poet, writer, translator, and folklorist.

## C

* Dniprova Chayka (1861–1927), poet, short story writer, and children's writer
* Artem Chapeye (born 1981), writer, reporter, translator, and activist
* Olena Chekan (1946–2013), actress, voice artist, screenwriter, journalist and social activist
* Artem Chekh (born 1985), writer and journalist
* Marko Cheremshyna (1874–1927), short story writer, and translator
* Tetiana Cherep-Perohanych (born 1974), poet, novelist, playwright and journalist
* Boris Chichibabin (1923–1994), poet
* Daria Chubata (born 1940), physician, writer, and poet
* Taras Chubay (born 1970), poet, and songwriter
* Pavlo Chubynsky (1839–1884), poet and ethnographer
* Eugenia Chuprina (born 1971), poet, writer, playwright

## D

* Larysa Denysenko (born 1973), writer, lawyer, human rights activist, TV and radio presenter
* 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
and political activist
* Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841–1895), intellectual, publisher, economist, historian, philosopher and ethnographer
* Yuriy Drohobych (1450–1494), philosopher, science writer, theologian, and ethnographer
* Alexander Dukhnovich (1803–1865), poet, historian, and ethnographer
* Bohdana Durda (born 1940), writer, poet and songwriter
* Ivan Dziuba (1931–2022), literary critic, social activist and dissident
* Tetiana Dziuba (born 1966), writer, literary critic, journalist and translator

## 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

* Vasyl Gogol-Yanovsky (1777–1825), poet, and playwright
* Yuriy Gorlis-Gorsky (1898–1946) writer, public figure
* Viktor Grabovskyj (born 1942), poet, translator, literary critic, and journalist
* Lydia Grigorieva (born 1945), poet
* Nataliya Gumenyuk (born 1983), journalist and writer

## H

* Pavlo Hai-Nyzhnyk (born 1971), poet, historian, science writer, and ethnographer
* Yaroslav Halan (1902–1949), playwright, publicist, journalist, translator and radio host
* 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
* Dokiya Humenna (1904–1996), writer
* Yevhen Hutsalo (1937–1995), poet, novelist, journalist, and children's writer

## I

* Myroslav Irchan (1897–1937), storywriter and playwright.
* Oksana Ivanenko (1906–1997), children's writer and translator
* Roman Ivanychuk (1929–2016), writer and politician
* 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
* Hrytsko Kernerenko (1863–1941), poet
* 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
* Iya Kiva (born 1984), poet, translator, journalist, and critic
* Marianna Kiyanovska (born 1973), poet and translator
* 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
* Natalena Koroleva (1888–1966), novelist, short story writer
* Sonya Koshkina (born 1985), journalist, author
* 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
* Uliana Kravchenko (1860–1947), educator, writer and poet
* 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 (1892–1937), 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-Osnovianenko (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
* Myroslav Laiuk (born 1990), novelist, poet, scriptwriter

## M

* Mykhaylo Maksymovych (1804–1873), historian, educator, and folklorist
* Ivan Malkovych (born 1961), poet, and publisher
* Volodymyr Malyk (1921–1998), novelist
* Mykola Markevych (1804–1860), historian, ethnographer, and poet
* Yaroslav Melnyk (born 1959), novelist, short story writer, and literary critic
* Amvrosii Metlynsky (1814–1870), poet, ethnographer, and publisher.
* Eugene Miroshnichenko (born 1939), critic, historian and journalist
* Pavlo Movchan (born 1939), poet
* Panas Myrny (1849–1920), novelist, and playwright

## 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
* Yaroslav Oros (born 1959), novelist and journalist

## P

* Tomasz Padura (1801–1871), poet, and songwriter
* Atena Pashko (1931–2012), chemical engineer, poet, social activist
* Dmytro Pavlychko (1929–2023), poet, translator, and screenwriter
* Ihor Pavlyuk (born 1967), poet, novelist, and essayist
* Olena Pchilka (1849–1930), poet, ethnographer, and translator
* Halyna Petrosanyak (born 1969), poet, writer 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
* Valentyn Prodaievych (born 1960), journalist and writer
* 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
* Mariana Savka (born 1973), poet, children's writer, translator and a publisher
* Mykhaylo Semenko (1892–1937), poet, and editor
* Iryna Senyk (1926–2009), poet
* Markiyan Shashkevych (1811–1843), poet, and translator
* Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), poet, playwright, folklorist, and ethnographer
* Vasyl Shkliar (born 1951), writer and political activist
* Iryna Shuvalova (born 1986), poet, translator and scholar
* 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 literary 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
* Iryna Vilde (1907–1982), writer and correspondent
* 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

* Sofia Yablonska (1907–1971) writer, photographer and architect.
* Tetiana Yakovenko (born 1954), poet, literary critic, teacher
* 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 (1942–2021), novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist
* Dmytro Yavornytsky (1855–1940), historian, archeologist, ethnographer, folklorist, and lexicographer
* Serhiy Yefremov (1876–1939), journalist, and literary critic
* Volodymyr Yermolenko (born 1980), philosopher, essayist and translator
* Ivan Yizhakevych (1864–1962), painter and writer
* 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 1941–2013), poet, short story writer, and children's writer