Vera Lysenko

Vera Lesik (Winnipeg 1910-1975) Lesik was born to Ukrainian Baptist parents, and graduated B.A. from University of Manitoba in 1929.^[1] 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 the novel Yellow Boots (1954).^[2]

References

1. Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by J. M. Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
2. 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.".