Updated: 4/1/2025

Viktor Andrieiev - poet, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, Laureate of the Regional Literary Prize named after M. Kulish, graduate of Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1979)

Olena Bieliaieva (1972 - 2011) - poet, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, editor-in-chief of the magazine “The printed word” and the newspaper “University Panorama”, graduate from the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1995)

Nikifor Bilokon (1909 - 1975) - writer, poet-humorist, chairman of the regional organization of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine (1968-1971), graduate of the Kherson Institute of Social Education (class of 1934)

Olena Bondareva - writer, member of the the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, Doctor of Philology, professor, graduate of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1986)

Oleksandr Hunko - poet, prose writer, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, Laureate of the literary awards named after O. Kruchonykh, M. Kulish, and A. Bakhuta, graduate of Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1979)

Alevtina Drozd (1917 - 1996) - writer, children's poet, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, graduate of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1956)

Vasyl Zahorodniuk - poet, literary critic, chairman of the Kherson Regional National Union of Writers of Ukraine, Laureate of the All-Ukrainian Literary Award named after Ya. Slavutych, PhD in Philology, associate professor, graduate from Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1995)

Anatolii Kychynskyi - poet, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine and the Association of Ukrainian Writers, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine in Literature, laureate of the literary prizes named after P. Usenko, B. Necherda, D. Kononenko, V. Zabashtansky, graduate from the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1972)

Leonid Kulish (1924 - 2002) - poet, prose writer, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, graduate from the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1959)

Valerii Kulyk - poet, literary critic, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, Honored Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Regional Mykola Kulish Prize, honorary citizen of Kherson, graduate from the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1971)

Vasyl Meleshchenko (1947-2022) - writer, poet, prose writer, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, laureate of the I. Kulyk and M. Kulish regional prizes, graduate from the  Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1970)

Nataliia Muzyka - poet, prose writer, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, graduate from the  Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1997)

Ivan Nemchenko - writer, literary critic, member of the board of the Kherson organization of the All-Ukrainian Society “Prosvita” named after Taras Shevchenko, laureate of the Regional M. Kulish Prize, PhD in Philology, associate professor, graduate from the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1979)

Oleh Oleksiuk - poet, prose writer, head of the Kherson organization of the Taras Shevchenko All-Ukrainian Society “Prosvita”, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, graduate from Kherson State Pedagogical University (class of 1999)

Volodymyr Pedchenko - poet, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, honorary graduate of Ukraine, laureate of the Regional Literary Prize named after M. Kulish, graduate from Kherson State Pedagogical University (class of 1991)

Isabella Plotkina (1928 - 2004) - poet, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, winner of the Regional Literary Prize named after E. Fomin, graduate from Kherson State Pedagogical University

Kateryna Savchenko -  poet, Excellence in Education of Ukraine, member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, graduate of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1968)

Semen Sumnyi (Uhriumov) (1897 - 1960) - writer, novelist, member of the USSR Writers' Union, graduate from the Kherson Institute of Public Education (class of 1924)

Alla Tiutiunnyk -  writer, prose writer, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, graduate of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1970)

Mariia Fomuliaieva (1910 - 1961) - poet, member of the Union of Journalists of the USSR, graduate of the Kherson Institute of Social Education (class of 1932)

Nataliia Chamlai - writer, poet, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, graduate of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute

Taisiia Shcherba - poet, prose writer, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, graduate of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1967)