pril ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁– ▁October ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Ch uk chi ▁poet ▁and ▁children ' s ▁writer ▁who ▁wrote ▁mainly ▁in ▁her ▁native ▁language . ▁ ▁Born ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁M uk hom orno ye , ▁An ady r sky ▁District , ▁K ym yt val ▁was ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁a ▁rein de er ▁her der , ▁and ▁was ▁called ▁" R ul - ty ne " ▁() ▁at ▁birth . ▁Her ▁parents ▁died ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁young , ▁as ▁did ▁her ▁tw in ▁brother , ▁where up on ▁she ▁was ▁renamed ▁" K ym yt val ", ▁Ch uk chi ▁for ▁" w orm ", ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁w ard ▁off ▁evil . ▁She ▁first ▁attended ▁board ing ▁school ▁before ▁entering ▁the ▁An ady r ▁Ped agog ical ▁College ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 , ▁from ▁which ▁she ▁graduated ▁the ▁following ▁year ; ▁it ▁was ▁at ▁this ▁time ▁she ▁began ▁to ▁write ▁poetry , ▁publishing ▁her ▁first ▁volume , ▁in ▁Ch uk chi , ▁in ▁Mag ad an ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁In ▁this ▁same ▁year ▁she ▁entered ▁the ▁High er ▁Party ▁School ▁of ▁K hab ar ov sk , ▁and ▁soon ▁there after ▁she ▁became ▁deput y ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁Sov et sk aya ▁Ch uk ot ka ▁newspaper . ▁She ▁went ▁to ▁Moscow ▁for ▁further ▁study ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 7