Vera Lesik (1910-1975) was a Canadian writer on the loss of Ukrainian heritage.
Born in Winnipeg to Ukrainian Baptist parents, she graduated B.A. from University of Manitoba in 1929.Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by J. M. Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
Written under the pseudonym Vera Lysenko, her Men in Sheepskin Coats; a Study In Assimilation (1947) was a controversial study of the gradual loss of the native Ukrainian heritage, a theme continued in her novel Yellow Boots (1954).Studies in Canadian Literature 1980- Volumes 5-6 - Page 256 -"Vera Lysenko, whose Men in Sheepskin Coats; a study in assimilation (1947) was a controversial study of the gradual loss of the native Ukrainian heritage,28 published a novel, Yellow Boots, to further illustrate the threat".
See also Archives There is a Vera Lysenko fonds at Library and Archives Canada. The archival reference number is R5614.
References
External links Memorable Manitobans: Vera Lysenko, "further reading" added, 2019 at encyclopedia.com, 2019 Alexandra Kruchka Glynn, Reintroducing Vera Lysenko, Journal of Ukrainian studies, 15, 1, Summer 1990, University of Alberta, p 53 - 70