Her main love is books

The article covers the life and career of Olga Strashenko — a librarian by profession, a literary critic, a writer and a translator, and is timed to mark the 70th anniversary of her birth.The library activity of Olga Strashchenko is traced, which besides accumulation of funds, attached great importance to cultural and mass, information activity with readers, because the library is a unique means of public communication. The study mentions interesting reader's collections, the guests of which were quite often known Ukrainian writers: Valery Shevchuk, Vladimir Yavorivsky, Raisa Ivanchenko, Boris Mozolevsky, Vladimir Kolomiets, Oksana Ivanenko, Anna Chubach, Vladimir Zabashtansky.The formation of Olga Strashchenko as a writer that covered her work in the second half of the XX — the beginning of the XXI century is considered. Various works of the writer have been analyzed: poetry, dramaturgy, historical novels and short stories, translations and more. The study makes it possible to represent the first poetry collections of the librarian like "Embroidered Mother" (1990), "Monument on the Hinges" (1991). The article presents the analysis of dramatic works and historical prose of the writer, which testifies to her desire to cover the past and present Ukrainian reality more and more extensively. Particular attention in the work is paid to the translation activity, because it was extremely reasoning and fruitful. A special place among the translations of the writer was occupied by translations of ancient lyrics.The value of Olga Strashenko's legacy and the importance of her artistic word are revealed, as the writer's works give an opportunity to study history, national and world culture, to trace the literary-artistic and cultural-spiritual changes that took place in Ukrainian society.