February 25 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian poetess Lesia Ukrainka. This anniversary is celebrated at the state level: scientific symposia and conferences, poetry recitation, international competitions and flash mobs. The figure of the Daughter of Prometheus united literary critics, historians, political scientists, and art critics. Psychology students also joined the celebration of the anniversary of Larysa Petrivna Kosach. An event "No! I live! I will live forever! ” organized and conducted by the Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines, Faculty № 6. Senior Lecturer, Candidate of Philology Nataliia Kobylko opened to students "updated" pages of Lesia Ukrainka's life, showed her not as she appears from school textbooks, but dispelled myths around her figure. There was talk of a family of Kosach who could afford a good education for their children and a visit to Europe, where the modern trends of the time were concerned; the literary environment of Lesia Ukrainka and her circle of creative youth "Pleiades"; feminist views and friendship with Olha Kobylianska; fall in love for Serhii Merzhynskyi, which was the impetus for writing the most dramatic work "Obsessed". Students watched videos about the life of the poet, listened to her poetry and piano music because it was her favorite writer. Together with the Associate Professor of the department, candidate of historical sciences Vitalii Zaborovskyi, they discussed the political views of Lesia Ukrainka, social events of the XX century. In the end, we looked at the photos of the modern writer, imagined what Lesia would be like in our time.

The story of the Daughter of Prometheus is filled with struggle and love, categoricalness and devotion, visiting different parts of the world and admiration for native Polissia, confession of modern neo-romantic tendencies and support of young Ukrainian artists. Ivan Franko's words are accurate about the figure of the great poetess: "Almost the only man in Ukrainian literature."