Olha Kosach-Kryvyniuk

Olha Kosach-Kryvyniuk
Ольга Косач-Кривинюк
Olha Kosach as a young woman in 1896.
Olha Kosach in 1896.
BornMay 26, 1877
DiedNovember 11, 1945
Other namesOlena Zirka
Occupation(s)Writer, translator, physician

Olha Petrivna Kosach-Kryvyniuk (Ukrainian: Ольга Косач-Кривинюк; May 26, 1877 – November 11, 1945) was a Ukrainian writer, translator, and physician.

A member of the Prosvita cultural movement, she worked to establish a Ukrainian literary tradition through completing Ukrainian-language translations of Russian, French, and English literature under the pseudonym Olena Zirka. Her efforts to document the life and work of her sister, the poet Lesya Ukrainka, culminated in an extensive chronology that was published posthumously in 1970.