Voices of Babyn Yar

The poems in The Voices of Babyn Yar convey the experiences of ordinary civilians going through unbearable events leading to the massacre at Kyiv's Babyn Yar. Conceived as a tribute to the fallen, the book raises difficult questions about memory, responsibility, and commemoration of those who had witnessed an evil that verges on the unspeakable.

About the author

Marianna Kiyanovska is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry, prose, and literary translation and her works have been translated into eighteen languages. She received the 2022 Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award. In 2020, Kiyanovska was recognized with the prestigious Taras Shevchenko Prize for The Voices of Babyn Yar. She was also awarded the 2013 Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture in Poland.

Summary

The poems in The Voices of Babyn Yar convey the experiences of ordinary civilians going through unbearable events leading to the massacre at Kyiv’s Babyn Yar. Conceived as a tribute to the fallen, the book raises difficult questions about memory, responsibility, and commemoration of those who had witnessed an evil that verges on the unspeakable.

Product details

• Authors: Marianna Kiyankovska, Marianna Kiyanovska
• Assisted by: Barskova Polina (Introduction), Oksana Maksymchuk (Translation), Max Rosochinsky (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780674268760
• ISBN: 978-0-674-26876-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Harvard Library of Ukrainian Lierature; Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Poetry anthologies (various poets), LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / Eastern, POETRY / Russian & Soviet, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / War, POETRY / European / Eastern, HISTORY / Europe / Ukraine