Lina Kostenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lina Kostenko

Ukrainian writer

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1930

Place of Birth: Rzhyshchiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: writer, poet, children's writer

Nationality: Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Lina Vasylivna Kostenko (Ukrainian: ???? ????????? ????????, born 19 March 1930 in Rzhyshchiv, Kiev Oblast, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian poet and writer, recipient of the Shevchenko Award (1987). Kostenko is a leading representative of Ukrainian poets of the sixties known as the Sixtiers.
This group started publishing during the 1950s and reached its apex during the early 1960s.
It was during the 1950s when Kostenko published her first poems in major Ukrainian periodicals.
She is a Honored Professor of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Honorary Doctor of Lviv and Chernivtsi Universities.