Maria Hrinchenko

Work Hrinchenko wrote her first works in German, beginning in 1880. Besides a proficiency in German she spoke Ukrainian as well as Polish. Taras Shevchenko and Ivan Franko were the main inspiration of her early poetry. It was associated with the poet's loneliness, social isolation and by an adoration of Ukrainian nation's freedom. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1898.

Between 1895 and 1899, Hrinchenko wrote a three volume collection of ethnographic materials from Chernihiv and surrounding areas. In 1900, she wrote a collection of Ukrainian fables and folk tales entitled, "Из уст народа" (From the Mouths of the People). In 1901, she wrote a book entitled, "Література украинского фолкльора" (Literature of Ukrainian Folklore).

In 1906, Hrinchenko was a contributor to the Ukrainian daily newspaper, "Громадська думка" (Hromadska Dumka).

Between 1907 and 1909, she and her husband, Borys, published a Ukrainian dictionary entitled, "Словарь української мови".