Lesya Ukrainka was born on February 25, 1871 in Novograd-Volynsky, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire [now Novohrad-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a writer, known for Lisova pisnya (1961), The Enticement of Don Juan (1985) and Lisova pisnya. Mavka (1981). She died on August 1, 1913 in Surami, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire [now Shida Kartli, Republic of Georgia].
During her life, Lesya Ukrainka mastered 11 foreign languages to varying degrees: Latin, Greek, German, French, Italian, English, Polish, Bulgarian, Georgian, Spanish, Swedish, as well as Ukrainian and Russian.
Because of bone tuberculosis, which was diagnosed at the age of ten, Lesya was bedridden for a long time.