Editors: за наук. ред., передм. А. Швець ; редкол. : Є. Нахлік (гол.) та ін. ; відп. ред. М. Лапій, І. Горошко

Summary: The collective monograph is the first comprehensive study of the Women’s Almanac «The First Wreath» («Pershyi Vinok»), which was published in 1887 at the printing house of the Shevchenko Society in Lviv. The publication was financed and prepared by the editors Natalia Kobrynska and Olena Pchilka, with the active support of Ivan Franko. Despite its long and controversial publishing history, the Almanac became a unique artistic, literary, national and cultural phenomenon — «the symbol of a new intellectual movement among Ukrainian women» (Ivan Franko). As an important manifestation of the consolidation efforts of Ukrainian women on both sides of the imperialdivided Ukraine, «Pershyi Vinok» has gone down in the history of the literary process, the Ukrainian press, and the women’s movement. Talented representatives of Galicia (Natalia Kobrynska, Ulyana Kravchenko (Yulia Schneider), Klymentyna Popovych, Kateryna Dovbenchuk (Pavlyk), Anna Pavlyk, Olesia Bazhanska, Mykhailyna Roshkevych, Olha Levytska, Olena Hrytsai, Sydora Navrotska), and Naddniprianshchyna (Hanna Barvinok (Oleksandra Kulish), Olena Pchilka, Lesia Ukrainka, Liudmyla Starytska, Olha Franko), and even Southern Ukraine (Dniprova Chaika) were united in the field of literature. Forty-nine original works of different genres (poetry, prose, scientific and ethnographic studies) were presented in «The First Wreath». In the proposed study the personality, the creative phenomenon of each of the seventeen authors of the Almanac is presented in depth and in its entirety. Their path to this publication and interesting biographical fragments are highlighted. The artistic works included in «The First Wreath» and their critical reception are considered. The role of «The First Wreath» in the individual writing biographies of each of its authors is examined in detail. Its role in the development of women’s periodicals and women’s writing is also highlighted. The scientific publication is dedicated to the 140th anniversary of the Ukrainian women’s movement. It is based on the materials of the International Scientific Symposium «In the Name of Our National Identity» (dedicated to the 135th anniversary of «The First Wreath» almanac), which took place in Lviv on 16 September 2022.

Reading audience: The monograph is addressed to literary critics, folklorists, Frankologists, cultural critics, historians, researchers of the Ukrainian women’s movement, and a wide range of readers.

ISBN 966-02-2625-Х (серія) ; 978-617-14-0255-3 (вип. 28)

Series: Літературознавчі студії, 28

Responsible institutions: State Іnstitution «Ivan Franko Institute of NAS of Ukraine»

Published: Lviv

Size in pages: 236

Print run: 150