Olexandra Zhyvotko-Chernova writings

Collection

Identifier: g-58

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains typescripts (some with holograph corrections) of writings by Oleksandra Zhyvotko.

Зміст фонду

Фонд складається з машинописних текстів (деякі з рукописними виправленнями) творів Олександри Животко.

Dates

1960s-circa 1970

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for researcher use. Please contact the archivist (archives@ukrhec.org) for more information and to make arrangements.

Conditions Governing Use

Biographical / Historical

Oleksandra Zhyvotko (or Aleksandra Zhyvotko-Chernova; Олександра Животко-Чернова) was born in 1894 in the village of Zhukivtsi (today Kremenets' raion, Ternopil oblast', Ukraine). In 1924 she emigrated to Czechoslovakia, studied education at the Charles University in Prague, and played an active role in the cultural life of the Ukrainian community of the city. After World War II she was at the DP camp in Aschaffenburg, Germany, then resettled in the United States. She as a co-founder of the Literaturno-Mystets'kyi Kliub in New York City. She died July 5, 1973 in New York City. (http://eudusa.org/index.php?title=Zhyvotko,_Alexandra)

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

Ukrainian

Additional Description

Abstract

Oleksandra Zhyvotko was a writer who was active in the Ukrainian emigre communities of Prague and New York City from the 1920s to circa 1970. This collection contains typescripts of her writings.