The daughter of Yevhen Sudovshchykov, a Russian teacher, and Hanna Khoynatska, she was born in northern Russia where her parents had been exiled for their pro-Ukrainian activities. After the death of her father in 1868, she returned with her mother to
Kiev. She was educated there and joined a literary group, the
Pleiada, which studied Ukrainian literature and translated foreign authors into Ukrainian. Some of Hrytsko Hryhorenko's works were translated into English and comprise collections
From Heart to Heart (1998) and
Warm the Children, O Sun (1998). == References ==