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Panteleimon Oleksandrovych Kulish (1819–1897) is a Ukrainian writer, folklorist, ethnographer, linguist, translator, critic, editor, publisher. He is the author of the first phonetic alphabet for the Ukrainian language, which is the basis of modern Ukrainian spelling.

Ivan Franko called Kulish a «first-rate star» in Ukrainian literature, «one of the coryphaei of our literature». He is best known as the author of the first Ukrainian-language historical novel Black Council. He wrote in Ukrainian and Russian.

The collection includes stories:

• The Gypsy
• The Haughty Couple
• Orysia