Ukrainian Literary Almanacs

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Taras Koznarsky (University of Toronto)

Ed. by Roman Koropeckyj, University of California, Los Angeles
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Nicole Kennedy (University of Newcastle), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

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Ukrainian almanacs emerged in the 1830s as the leading institution contributing to the establishment of modern national Ukrainian literature during the Romantic era. An optimal platform for literary socialization and entrepreneurship among a young generation of Ukrainian intellectuals and writers, they served as a bridge between authors and readers in creating an autonomous Ukrainian literary and cultural space within a broader imperial sphere of cultural production.

Unlike North American farmers’ almanacs of a calendrical and practical nature, Ukrainian almanacs in their format and design followed the European almanacs of the muses (French and German) or English keepsakes. They offered an annual collection of promising new literary works—both completed pieces and works-in-progress

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Citation: Koznarsky, Taras. "Ukrainian Literary Almanacs". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 February 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19799, accessed 16 April 2025.]

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