Open AccessActivity of Valeriia O’Connor-Vilinska in emigration (1918–1930)
Author(s) -
Oksana Gula
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
kiïvsʹkì ìstoričnì studìï
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2524-0757
pISSN - 2524-0749
DOI - 10.28925/2524-0757.2018.2.1923
Subject(s) - ukrainian , emigration , politics , terminology , trace (psycholinguistics) , sociology , political science , literature , history , law , art , linguistics , philosophy
The article examines the literary and social activities of a Ukrainian writer, translator Valeriia O’ConnorVilinska in emigration. It analyses semantic content of her works that trace the author’s political position, her attitude to the Ukrainian culture and literature. Valeriia O’Connor-Vilinska was a prominent writer, playwright, public figure, one of the cofounders of the Ukrainian Central Rada, a member of the Terminology Commission of the Ukrainian Academy of Economics in Podebrady. Her activity had a great impact on to the interwar Ukrainian emigration in Czechoslovakia. Besides, her activity in the theatre field was widely known not only in Ukraine but also abroad, and children’s plays, stories created by her are still popular nowadays. Therefore, according to development of studies related to the social, cultural and political activities of women in Ukraine, it is necessary to analyse the role and the place of the Ukrainian writer, translator Valeriia O’Connor-Vilinska in this process.