Whose Don Juan " progenitor Tirso de Molina's, Molière's or Pushkin's? None of the above. Unless you have a decent knowledge of Ukrainian culture, you won't have heard of Lesya Ukrainka, born Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka in 1871 to a proudly nationalist (if half-Byelorusian) father and a mother whose pioneering work in women's rights she continued.read more
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:04AM on September 18, 2015