Oleksii Bezpaltsev, a 34-year-old poet and prose writer from Kharkiv, was killed in action while performing a combat mission in Kharkiv Oblast, PEN Ukraine reported on Dec. 25. Known for his modernist style, Bezpaltsev published two collections of short stories and participated in literary slams. A friend remembered him as “cheerful and energetic,” someone who […]

Ukrainian poet, prose writer, and screenwriter Myroslav Herasymovych was killed in action on Nov. 25 in Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, according to his brother’s Facebook post. Herasymovych, born in Lutsk on 29 November 1967, died just days before his 57th birthday. He was a graduate of the Taras Shevchenko National University's Faculty of Journalism. "In the […]