Olkhova Olga (Sukhomlyn)

Ukrainian poet, literary editor, manager of literary projects, researcher, founder and CEO of LitCom.

Born on September 11, 1983 in Lutsk, Ukraine. She graduated from the Institute of Journalism, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with a PhD (Social Communications) (2010). The author of 4 poetry books, and the author of multiple scientific and methodical works.

Her poems are translated into English, Polish, Belarusian, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, French, and Georgian.

Literary curator of the Lutsk Literary Residence, co-organizer of the "READня"project, creator of new media formats "KruteZNO", member of the jury of literary contests and editorial boards of poetry collections and literary anthologies, in "Young Voices", "Tower through [O]: Zabuzhko, Laiuk, Deresh, Kalytko, Kidruk" (editor), "Workstory", "Nie zabralam ze soba radosci" (editor) (Warsaw, 2023); founder of the international literary project "Spilnomova" (with the Union of Polish Writers).

Founder and CEO LitCom.

An active advocate of Ukrainian literature, particularly abroad, and the promotion of reading as a hobby and learning tool. As a result, she founded the ‘LitCom’ platform (a mobile application of book-related content and a literary podcast).