About Vera Lysenko
Lived 1910 – 1975 (aged 64–65). Vera Lysenko was a Canadian novelist.
Vera Lesik (1910-1975) was a Canadian writer on the loss of Ukrainian heritage.
Born in Winnipeg to Ukrainian Baptist parents, she graduated B.A. from University of Manitoba in 1929.
Written under the pseudonym Vera Lysenko, her Men in Sheepskin Coats; a Study In Assimilation (1947) was a controversial study of the gradual loss of the native Ukrainian heritage, a theme continued in her novel Yellow Boots (1954).
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Who was Vera Lysenko?
Canadian writer
When was Vera Lysenko born?
Vera Lysenko was born in 1910.
When did Vera Lysenko die?
Vera Lysenko died in 1975 in Toronto.
What was Vera Lysenko's occupation?
Vera Lysenko was a novelist.
What nationality was Vera Lysenko?
Vera Lysenko was Canadian.
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