Halyna Lytsur-Shchadei – a Ukrainian poet, prose writer and journalist from Zakarpattia. Author of the poetry collection Wreaths for Roses and short prose, participant of literary festivals. Her works mix regional colour, intimate lyricism and social issues.
📖 Started as a poet, later turned to prose. 📰 Worked as a journalist alongside her literary career. 🌍 Born and living in Zakarpattia, which inspires much of her writing. 📚 Her texts appeared in national literary anthologies. 🎓 Trained as a philologist. 💡 Her poetry carries a distinctly female voice – sometimes confessional, sometimes ironic. 🎤 Regular participant in readings and festivals. ✨ Her style is described as warm yet sharp. 🏆 Recognised at national short prose competitions. 😮 Frequently uses dialect words to capture the flavour of local speech. 😄 Once joked that she writes “for her cats and a handful of attentive readers.”