Halyna Hai

Halyna Hai (Гали́на Семе́нівна Гай; 3 December 1956 – 28 March 2021) was a Ukrainian poet and writer. She 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. In 2008, she was the editor-in-chief of the Kyiv regional volume of the National Book of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine [uk]. for which she was awarded the Order of Merit, 3rd class [uk] 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".

Halyna Hai was a Ukrainian poet and writer. She studied at the Institute of Journalism at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv 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. In 2008 she was the editor-in-chief of the Kyiv regional volume of the National Book of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine [uk]. After the publication of the book, Hai and the other authors were awarded the Order of Merit, 3rd class [uk] 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".

Hai died on 28 March 2021, aged 64, from COVID-19. Hai's husband Anatoly Ivanovich Hai and their son Yuriy Anatolyovich Hai, are both writers.