Those Who Created “The First Wreath”

This book tells the story of how each of the 17 authors of the legendary almanac The First Wreath lived, loved, and wrote.

The collection Those Who Created “The First Wreath”, in its original version by scholars and researchers of women’s history, presents a complete life-and-creative portrait of each of the authors of The First Wreath (Nataliia Kobrynska, Lesia Ukrainka, Olena Pchilka, Uliana Kravchenko, Liudmyla Starytska, Olha Franko, Dniprova Chaika, Hanna Barvinok, Sofiia Okunevska, Klymentyna Popovych, Olha Levytska, Kateryna Dovbenchuk, Anna Pavlyk, Sydora Navrotska, Mykhailyna Roshkevych, Olesia Bazhanska, Olena Hrytsai), along with previously unknown biographical facts.

The book highlights their paths to the almanac, analyzes the literary works published in The Wreath and their critical reception, and shows how the almanac shaped the future literary fate of these women—either allowing them to continue their literary careers or, on the contrary, becoming their final point.