Hrytsko Hryhorenko was the pen name for Oleksandra Sudovshchykova-Kosach (1867 – 1924), who was a Ukrainian journalist and writer. 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 Pleyada (the Pleaides), which studied Ukrainian literature and translated foreign authors into Ukrainian.