During "Empty Chair Week", PEN Ukraine and The Ukrainians Media did a joint project ("People of Culture Taken Away By The War") to highlight the people of culture Ukraine has lost due to Russia's war and aggression. The people lost include writers, artists, translators, librarians, photographers, and more. They come from different backgrounds, some known to the public while others were only known among a tight circle of colleagues.
You can read their profiles in the link above.
“As long as the writer is being read, he is still alive,” the author Victoria Amelina, who was killed in a Russian missile strike, wrote in the preface to the occupation diary of the children’s book author Volodymyr Vakulenko, who was tortured and killed by Russians. Prompted by Victoria’s words, we embarked on this endeavor. —The Ukrainians Media
