Maria Liudkevych Explained

Maria Liudkevych
Caption:Mariya in 2017
Native Name Lang:uk
Birth Name:Mariya Yosypivna Lyudkevych
Birth Date:7 January 1948
Birth Place:Nizhnia Lipitsia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Nationality:Ukrainian
Occupation:Writer and poet
Spouse:Orest Bilous
Alma Mater:University of Lviv

Maria Yosypivna Liudkevych (Ukrainian: Марія Йосипівна Людкевич; born 7 January 1948) is a Ukrainian writer and poet, in addition to her work as a teacher, newspaper editor, and journalist.[1]

Early life and education

On 7 January 1948 she was born in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast's Nyzhny Lypytsia, in the Rohatyn Raion.[2] She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism[3] from Ivan Franko Lviv State University and Kolomyia Pedagogical School. She had positions as an editor of the Lviv newspaper "Galytian Youth," later a journalist for the same newspaper, and a junior high school teacher. Head of the literary studio "Dzhereltse" at the Lviv Regional Library for Children for over 30 years.[4]

Books

As of 2024 half of Mariya's 44 books are written for young readers,[5] with the notable ones being:

Personal life

Mariya is married to Orest Bilous, an artist. Their daughters attended the Academy of Arts and graduated. While Olesya resides in Kyiv and works as an artistic editor, Christina started composing poems.[6]

Awards

Many honours were bestowed upon Mariyta for her artistic and civic endeavours. Among the awards are:

References

  1. Web site: Марія Людкевич . 2024-03-04 . Видавництво Старого Лева . uk.
  2. Web site: Bookforum . 2024-03-04 . bookforum.ua . uk.
  3. Web site: Марія Йосипівна Людкевич (Білоус) – Біографія . 2024-03-04 . Українська література . uk-UA.
  4. Web site: Komenda . Oleg . Марія Людкевич . 2024-03-04 . ЛОБД . uk-UA.
  5. Web site: Марія Людкевич: життя і творчість . 2024-03-04 . uk.
  6. Web site: Замок . Високий . 2018-01-19 . "Коли зустріла у Коломиї молодого художника, зрозуміла: це моя доля" — Високий Замок . 2024-03-04 . wz.lviv.ua . uk-ua.