Olga Dubchak
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Olga Petrivna Dubchak (born 10 December 1983) is a Ukrainian writer and literary editor. She is co‑founder and editor‑in‑chief of the publishing house Vikhola.[1] She is the author of popular‑science books Hearing in Ukrainian, Seeing in Ukrainian, Winning in Ukrainian, and Being in Ukrainian.
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| Born | December 10, 1983 Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Citizenship | Ukrainian American |
| Alma mater | National Pedagogical Dragomanov University |
| Occupations | Editor‑in‑chief and co‑founder of Vikhola Publishing House, literary editor |
Early life
Olga Dubchak was born on 10 December 1983 in Kyiv. Her mother is from Cherkasy and her father is from Kyiv (Kurenivka district). Her husband is Artem Mozhovyi, a senior researcher at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. She grew up in a predominantly Russian‑speaking family,[2] but her parents enrolled her in a Ukrainian‑language school.[3]
She studied journalism courses with the encouragement of her parents.[3]
After high school, she enrolled at M. P. Dragomanov National Pedagogical University, majoring in Ukrainian philology with a focus on literary editing.[3]
Career
Dubchak began working as an editor of educational literature (Ukrainian section) at publishing house Geneza. She taught for a period. She was eventually promoted to head of the editorial department. While at Geneza, in 2010 Dubchak co‑authored a school textbook with Valentyna Novosiolova and others titled Ukrainian Language. Express‑Tutor for External Independent Testing Preparation. Phonetics. Graphics. Orthoepy. Lexicology. Phraseology. Word structure. Word formation.[4]
She later joined publisher Nash Format as editor‑in‑chief.[3] At Nash Format, when ordered by the owner to prepare a manuscript by a Russian scientist for publication, Dubchak resigned. Subsequently, the entire editorial team resigned.[5][better source needed]
In 2020, Dubchak, Ilona Zamotsna, Natalia Shnyr, Maryna Zakharchuk, Iryna Shchepina, and Viktoriia Shelest founded Vikhola, where she works as editor‑in‑chief.[3] In 2022, with Vikhola as the only authorial presence,[6] she took on writing the popular science book Hearing in Ukrainian. She followed with Seeing in Ukrainian.[6] She planned a trilogy on the Ukrainian language, with the final installment focused on syntax,[7] interrupted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[8] In 2022, she symbolically authored Winning in Ukrainian, which was included in PEN Ukraine's list of best Ukrainian books of 2022.[9]
Works
Popular‑science books
- Hearing in Ukrainian. In the World of Sounds and Letters (2020)
- Seeing in Ukrainian. Word in the Linguistic Picture of the World (2021)
- Winning in Ukrainian. On the Language of Hate and Love (2022)
- Being in Ukrainian. Sentence and Its Marks (2025)
- Heart with Pepper. Ukrainian Phraseologisms for Daily Use (2023)
School textbook
- Ukrainian Language. Express–Tutor for External Independent Evaluation. Phonetics. Graphics. Orthoepy. Lexicology. Phraseology. Morphology. Word‑Formation (2010)
Recognition
- Hearing in Ukrainian became a bestseller in 2021 according to Chytomo.[10]