Lubov Kolens'ka papers

Lubov Kolens'ka (1923-2016) was a writer, journalist, and teacher. She was born on April 17, 1923, in Stanislaviv, Galicia.

After graduating from secondary school in Lviv, she emigrated to Austria, where she studied at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Innsbruck. Since 1949, she lived in the United States, spending most of her life and career in New Jersey. She taught at the Ukrainian School of Ukrainian Studies in Newark. From 1971 to 1996, she worked on the editorial staff of Svoboda as a writer, language editor, and translator.

Kolens'ka began writing literary works during her student years, publishing them in the journal Zveno (Innsbruck). She published four collections of short stories: Samotnist’ (Loneliness, 1966), Pavliv triiumf (Paul's Triumph, 1977), Dzerkala (Mirrors, 1981), and Po toi bik Rubikonu (Beyond the Rubicon, 1988).

She wrote in a neo-impressionist style, focusing on everyday subjects with a deep psychological background rooted in the experience of émigré life.

Kolenska received literary awards from the Association of Ukrainian Journalists of America and Canada (1981) and the Ivan Franko Literary Foundation in Chicago (1982). She was a member of the Slovo Association of Ukrainian Writers in Exile, International PEN, and the National Writers' Union of Ukraine. Her works appeared in numerous journals and newspapers.

Source: Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Diaspora, Vol. 1, United States of America, Book 1: A-K. New York-Chicago, 2009, p. 381