Emily R. Zarevich is an English teacher and writer from Burlington, Ontario, Canada. She has been published previously by a variety of magazines and websites, including Women in Higher Education, The Archive, and Wild Roof Journal. Her study of the Bronte sisters, particularly Emily Bronte, has been a long-time passion.
“Lesya Ukrainka” was a carefully considered pseudonym for a writer who left behind a legacy of poems, plays, essays and activism for the Ukrainian language.
The two-time Nobel winner helped preserve her native Polish language, and undertook her education, at a time when these acts were potentially treasonous.
