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]

Written 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 her novel Yellow Boots (1954).[2]

  1. ^ Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by J. M. Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
  2. ^ 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.".