MatthewThe English translation of Cassandra - a dramatic retelling of the Trojan War from a woman's point of view - by Ukrainian poet and author Lesya Ukrainka, released today.
Sasha Dovzhyk writes about Cassandra, and the importance of Ukrainka - "a forgotten feminist icon of European culture" - here:
https://fivebooks.com/best-books/ukrainian-literature-sasha-dovzhyk/
The Best Ukrainian Literature
Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, many people around the world have become more familiar with the country's recent history, but many of us still don't know much about its literary traditions. Academic and activist Sasha Dovzhyk introduces five works of Ukrainian literature, from an early 20th-century dramatic poem to devastating first-person accounts of the war that started in 2014.