Halyna Hai (Гали́на Семе́нівна Гай; 3 December 1956 – 28 March 2021) was a Ukrainian poet and writer. She studied at the Institute of Journalism at

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

and graduated in 1982. Hai worked both as a journalist for the Ukrainian state media and was the long-time editor of the publishing house Bukva based in

Bila Tserkva Bila Tserkva ( uk, Бі́ла Це́рква ; ) is a city in the center of Ukraine, the largest city in Kyiv Oblast (after Kyiv, which is the administrative center, but not part of the oblast), and part of the Right Bank. It serves as the admi ...

. In 2008 she was the editor-in-chief of the

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regional volume of the . After the publication of the book, Hai and the other authors were awarded the for "significant contribution to commemoration of the victims of the genocide of the Ukrainian people in connection with the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor 1932-1933 in Ukraine".Відійшла у засвіти письменниця Галина Гай
/ref>In memoriam. Галина Луків
/ref> Hai died on 28 March 2021, aged 64, from

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