List of Ukrainian-language writers

This is a list of authors who have written works of prose and poetry in the Ukrainian language.

A

 * Victoria Amelina (1986–2023), poet and novelist
 * Nikolai Amosov (1913–2002), novelist, essayist, and medical writer
 * Emma Andijewska (born 1931), novelist, poet, and short story writer
 * Nadija Hordijenko Andrianova (1921–1998), journalist, translator, and biographer
 * Sofia Andrukhovych (born 1982), novelist, translator, and editor
 * Yuri Andrukhovych (born 1960), novelist, poet, short story writer, essayist, and translator
 * Borys Antonenko-Davydovych (1899–1984), writer, translator and linguist
 * Bohdan Ihor Antonych (1909–1937), poet, translator, and editor

B

 * Kateryna Babkina (born 1985), poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright and screenwriter
 * Anna Bagriana (born 1981), novelist, poet, playwright, and translator
 * Ivan Bahrianyi (1906–1963), poet, novelist, and essayist
 * Mykola Bakay (1931–1998), poet, and songwriter
 * Vasyl Barka (1908–2003), poet, writer, literary critic, and translator
 * Volodymyr Ivanovych Barvinok (1879–1943), historian, theologian, and bibliographer
 * Hanna Barvinok (1828–1911), writer and folklorist
 * Mykola Bazhan (1904–1983), poet, editor, and translator
 * Natalia Belchenko (born 1973), poet and translator
 * Oles Berdnyk (1927–2003), science fiction writer, futurist and globalist, philosopher and theologian
 * Nina Bichuya (born 1937), novelist, and children's writer
 * Natalka Bilotserkivets (born 1954), poet, and translator
 * Dmytro Blazheyovskyi (1910–2011), historian, and theologian
 * Osip Bodyansky (1808–1878), poet, memoirist, historian, and ethnographer
 * Levko Borovykovsky (1806–1889), romantic poet, writer, translator, and folklorist.

C

 * Dniprova Chayka (1861–1927), poet, short story writer, and children's writer
 * Artem Chapeye (born 1981), writer, reporter, translator, and activist
 * Olena Chekan (1946–2013), actress, voice artist, screenwriter, journalist and social activist
 * Artem Chekh (born 1985), writer and journalist
 * Marko Cheremshyna (1874–1927), short story writer, and translator
 * Tetiana Cherep-Perohanych (born 1974), poet, novelist, playwright and journalist
 * Boris Chichibabin (1923–1994), poet
 * Daria Chubata (born 1940), physician, writer, and poet
 * Taras Chubay (born 1970), poet, and songwriter
 * Pavlo Chubynsky (1839–1884), poet and ethnographer
 * Eugenia Chuprina (born 1971), poet, writer, playwright

D
and political activist
 * Larysa Denysenko (born 1973), writer, lawyer, human rights activist, TV and radio presenter
 * Myroslav Dochynets (born 1959), novelist, short story writer, and journalist
 * Dmytro Dontsov (1883–1973), editor, publisher, journalist, and literary critic
 * Ivan Drach (born 1936), poet, screenwriter, and literary critic
 * Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841–1895), intellectual, publisher, economist, historian, philosopher and ethnographer
 * Yuriy Drohobych (1450–1494), philosopher, science writer, theologian, and ethnographer
 * Alexander Dukhnovich (1803–1865), poet, historian, and ethnographer
 * Bohdana Durda (born 1940), writer, poet and songwriter
 * Ivan Dziuba (1931–2022), literary critic, social activist and dissident
 * Tetiana Dziuba (born 1966), writer, literary critic, journalist and translator

E

 * Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny (1894–1925), poet, and journalist
 * Hryhorii Epik (1901–1937), novelist, short story writer, journalist, screenwriter, and publisher

F

 * Yuriy Fedkovych (1834–1888), short story writer, poet, folklorist, editor, and translator
 * Moysey Fishbein (born 1946), poet, editor, and translator
 * Ivan Franko (1856–1916), novelist, poet, literary critic, journalist, and translator
 * Petro Franko (1890–1941), novelist, memoirist, and screenwriter

G

 * Vasyl Gogol-Yanovsky (1777–1825), poet, and playwright
 * Yuriy Gorlis-Gorsky (1898–1946) writer, public figure
 * Viktor Grabovskyj (born 1942), poet, translator, literary critic, and journalist
 * Lydia Grigorieva (born 1945), poet
 * Nataliya Gumenyuk (born 1983), journalist and writer

H

 * Pavlo Hai-Nyzhnyk (born 1971), poet, historian, science writer, and ethnographer
 * Yaroslav Halan (1902–1949), playwright, publicist, journalist, translator and radio host
 * Leonid Hlibov (1827–1893), poet, fabulist, children's writer, and editor
 * Volodymyr Hnatiuk (1871–1926), folklorist, translator, ethnographer, and journalist
 * Yakub Holovatsky (1814–1888), historian, ethnographer, bibliographer, and poet
 * Oles Honchar (1918–1995), novelist, poet, short story writer, and journalist
 * Yevhen Hrebinka (1812–1848), poet, fabulist, novelist, short story writer, and translator
 * Borys Hrinchenko (1863–1910), historian, poet, and ethnographer
 * Hrytsko Hryhorenko (1867–1924), poet, short story writer, translator, and journalist
 * Volodymyr Huba (born 1938), poet
 * Dokiya Humenna (1904–1996), writer
 * Yevhen Hutsalo (1937–1995), poet, novelist, journalist, and children's writer

I

 * Myroslav Irchan (1897–1937), storywriter and playwright.
 * Oksana Ivanenko (1906–1997), children's writer and translator
 * Roman Ivanychuk (1929–2016), writer and politician
 * Volodymyr Ivasyuk (1949–1979), poet, and songwriter

K

 * Igor Kaczurowskyj (1918–2013), poet, translator, novelist, short story writer, literary scholar, and journalist
 * Ihor Kalynets (born 1939), poet
 * Irena Karpa (1980), songwriter, and journalist
 * Adrian Kashchenko (1858–1921), short story writer, historian, and publisher
 * Hrytsko Kernerenko (1863–1941), poet
 * Hnat Khotkevych (1877–1938), novelist, short story writer, ethnographer, and playwright
 * Mykola Khvylovy (1893–1933), poet, short story writer, and novelist
 * Max Kidruk (born 1984), novelist, short story writer, and travel writer
 * Iya Kiva (born 1984), poet, translator, journalist, and critic
 * Marianna Kiyanovska (born 1973), poet and translator
 * Olha Kobylianska (1863–1942), novelist, short story writer, and playwright
 * Oleksandr Konysky (1836–1900), novelist, poet, educator, and publisher
 * Oleksandr Korniychuk (1905–1972), playwright, and literary critic.
 * Ivan Feodosiyovych Korsak (born 1946), poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist, and editor
 * Nataliya Kobrynska (1851–1920), novelist, short story writer, editor, and publisher
 * Natalena Koroleva (1888–1966), novelist, short story writer
 * Sonya Koshkina (born 1985), journalist, author
 * Lina Kostenko (born 1930), poet, novelist, and children's writer
 * Ivan Kotliarevsky (1769–1838), poet and playwright
 * Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864–1913), novelist and short story writer
 * Uliana Kravchenko (1860–1947), educator, writer and poet
 * Svitlana Kryvoruchko (born 1975), journalist, and editor
 * Roman Kudlyk (born 1941), poet, editor, and literary critic
 * Ivan Kulyk (1897–1937), poet, and translator
 * Mykola Kulish (1892–1937), playwright, and poet
 * Panteleimon Kulish (1819–1897), novelist, literary critic, poet, folklorist, historian, and translator
 * Zenon Kuzela (1882–1952), journalist, historian, and editor
 * Hryhory Kvitka-Osnovianenko (1778–1843), playwright, novelist, short story writer, and journalist

L

 * Bohdan Lepky (1872–1941), poet, and translator
 * Serhiy Leshchenko (born 1980), journalist, and editor
 * Oleh Lysheha (1949–2014), poet, playwright, and translator
 * Myroslav Laiuk (born 1990), novelist, poet, scriptwriter

M

 * Mykhaylo Maksymovych (1804–1873), historian, educator, and folklorist
 * Ivan Malkovych (born 1961), poet, and publisher
 * Volodymyr Malyk (1921–1998), novelist
 * Mykola Markevych (1804–1860), historian, ethnographer, and poet
 * Yaroslav Melnyk (born 1959), novelist, short story writer, and literary critic
 * Amvrosii Metlynsky (1814–1870), poet, ethnographer, and publisher.
 * Eugene Miroshnichenko (born 1939), critic, historian and journalist
 * Pavlo Movchan (born 1939), poet
 * Panas Myrny (1849–1920), novelist, and playwright

N

 * Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky (1838–1918), novelist, short story writer, and playwright
 * Vsevolod Nestayko (1930–2014), children's writer

O

 * Theodore Odrach (1912–1964), novelist, short story writer, and memoirist
 * Oleksandr Oles (1878–1944), poet, and playwright
 * Yaroslav Oros (born 1959), novelist and journalist

P

 * Tomasz Padura (1801–1871), poet, and songwriter
 * Atena Pashko (1931–2012), chemical engineer, poet, social activist
 * Dmytro Pavlychko (1929–2023), poet, translator, and screenwriter
 * Ihor Pavlyuk (born 1967), poet, novelist, and essayist
 * Olena Pchilka (1849–1930), poet, ethnographer, and translator
 * Halyna Petrosanyak (born 1969), poet, writer and translator
 * Viktor Petrov (1894–1969), novelist, and science writer
 * Mariyka Pidhiryanka (1881–1963), poet, and children's writer
 * Valerian Pidmohylny (1901–1937), novelist, short story writer, translator, and literary critic
 * Les Podervianskyi (born 1952), playwright, and poet
 * Yuri Pokalchuk (1941–2008), poet, novelist, short story writer, translator, and literary critic
 * Valentyn Prodaievych (born 1960), journalist and writer
 * Svitlana Pyrkalo (born 1976), novelist, essayist, editor, and journalist

R

 * Valentyn Rechmedin (1916–1986), novelist, journalist, editor, and literary critic
 * Maksym Rylsky (1895–1964), poet

S

 * Ulas Samchuk (1905–1987), journalist, and publicist
 * Mariana Savka (born 1973), poet, children's writer, translator and a publisher
 * Mykhaylo Semenko (1892–1937), poet, and editor
 * Iryna Senyk (1926–2009), poet
 * Markiyan Shashkevych (1811–1843), poet, and translator
 * Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), poet, playwright, folklorist, and ethnographer
 * Vasyl Shkliar (born 1951), writer and political activist
 * Iryna Shuvalova (born 1986), poet, translator and scholar
 * Lyubov Sirota (born 1956), poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, and translator
 * Liudmyla Skyrda (born 1945), poet, translator, and literary critic
 * Maryna Sokolyan (born 1979), novelist, short story writer, and playwright
 * Volodymyr Sosiura (1898–1965), poet
 * Mykhailo Starytsky (1840–1904), poet, novelist, and playwright
 * Vasyl Stefanyk (1871–1936), short story writer
 * Ivan Steshenko (1873–1918), poet, journalist, editor, and translator
 * Vasyl Stus (1938–1985), poet, and publicist
 * Vasyl Symonenko (1935–1963), poet, and journalist

T

 * Yuriy Tarnawsky (born 1934) fiction, poetry, plays, translations, and literary criticism
 * Olena Teliha (1906–1942), novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator, and literary critic
 * Hryhoriy Tiutiunnyk (1920–1961), poet
 * Tryzuby Stas (1948–2007), poet and songwriter
 * Volodymyr Tsybulko (born 1964), poet
 * Pavlo Tychyna (1891–1967), poet and translator

U

 * Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913), poet, playwright, literary critic, and essayist

V

 * Ivan Vahylevych (1811–1866), poet, and ethnographer
 * Iryna Vilde (1907–1982), writer and correspondent
 * Marko Vovchok (1833–1907), novelist, short story writer, and translator
 * Vira Vovk (born 1926), poet, novelist, playwright, and translator
 * Volodymyr Vynnychenko (1880–1951), novelist, short story writer, and playwright
 * Leonid Vysheslavsky (1914–2002), poet, literary critic, and translator
 * Ostap Vyshnya (1889–1956), short story writer, and journalist

Y

 * Sofia Yablonska (1907–1971) writer, photographer and architect.
 * Tetiana Yakovenko (born 1954), poet, literary critic, teacher
 * Mykhailo Yalovy (1895–1937), novelist, poet, playwright, and editor
 * Volodymyr Yaniv (1908–1981), poet
 * Lyubov Yanovska (1861–1933), novelist, short story writer, and playwright
 * Yevheniya Yaroshynska (1868–1904), journalist, short story writer, editor, and translator
 * Volodymyr Yavorivsky (1942–2021), novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist
 * Dmytro Yavornytsky (1855–1940), historian, archeologist, ethnographer, folklorist, and lexicographer
 * Serhiy Yefremov (1876–1939), journalist, and literary critic
 * Volodymyr Yermolenko (born 1980), philosopher, essayist and translator
 * Ivan Yizhakevych (1864–1962), painter and writer
 * Olexiy Yurin (born 1982), poet

Z

 * Oksana Zabuzhko (born 1960), novelist, poet, essayist
 * Pavlo Zahrebelnyi (1924–2009), novelist, and short story writer
 * Mykola Zerov (1890–1937), poet, translator, and literary critic
 * Serhiy Zhadan (born 1974), poet, novelist, essayist, and translator
 * Iryna Zhylenko (born 1941–2013), poet, short story writer, and children's writer