In 1974, she was the winner of the Lesia Ukrainka Literary Prize for the novels Рідні діти (Native Children), Тарасові шляхи (Taras Ways), and Лісові казки (Forest Tales).
She was also the winner of the Shevchenko National Prize in 1986, for the book Завжди в житті (Always in Life).
Since 1925, her literary activity included the publication of a large number of books for children and youth.
[2] She was an educator at the Gorky Children's Colony under Anton Makarenko.
From 1932 to 1939, she worked for the Young Bolshevik publishing house, and from 1947 to 1951, for the «Барвінок (Periwinkle) magazine.