Vera Lysenko
Vera Lesik (1910-1975) was a Canadian writer on the loss of Ukrainian heritage.
Born in Winnipeg to Ukrainian Baptist parents, she graduated B.A. from University of Manitoba in 1929.[1]
Under the pseudonym Vera Lysenko her Men in Sheepskin Coats; a study in assimilation (1947) was a controversial study of the gradual loss of the native Ukrainian heritage, a theme continued in the novel Yellow Boots (1954).[2]
References[]
- ^ Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by J. M. Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
- ^ Studies in Canadian Literature 1980- Volumes 5-6 - Page 256 -"Vera Lysenko, whose Men in Sheepskin Coats; a study in assimilation (1947) was a controversial study of the gradual loss of the native Ukrainian heritage,28 published a novel, Yellow Boots, to further illustrate the threat.".
External links[]
- Memorable Manitobans: Vera Lysenko, "further reading" added, 2019
- at encyclopedia.com, 2019
- Alexandra Kruchka Glynn, Reintroducing Vera Lysenko, Journal of Ukrainian studies, 15, 1, Summer 1990, University of Alberta, p 53 - 70
Categories:
- 1910 births
- 1975 deaths
- Canadian women novelists
- 20th-century Canadian novelists
- 20th-century Canadian women writers
- Canadian writer stubs