Mikhail Yudovsky’s paintings can be described with words from one of his own poems:
“As children, we were like birds—as soon as we waved our arms, we flew up into the sky. The heavens dripped with our shining faces, and the distance ran in streams.”*
*Translated from Russian
Mikhail Yudovsky was born in Kiev in 1966. Artist, poet, prose writer, translator. His poetry and prose have been published in Russian-language publications in many countries. His paintings were shown in many solo and group exhibitions. Nearly two hundred of his works are in museums and private collections around the world. He lives and works in Germany since 1992.
This excellent anthology, compiled and edited by Julia Nemirovskaya, showcases poems by Russian (and Russian-speaking) poets who express their absolute rejection of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
The documentary novel “The Tenth Circle” tells the story of the life, struggle, and destruction of the Minsk ghetto, one of the largest in the Soviet Union and Europe during World War II. (Russian edition)
This collection focuses on the war between Russia and Ukraine as seen by Russophone poets from all over the world.
