Diary of War and Justice in Ukraine
A conversation with Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina about her new project, “War and Justice Diary: Looking at Women Looking at War,” and holding Russia accountable for its murderous war crimes.
By Michael Judge
Earlier this month—while writers elsewhere were vacationing, giving readings, or attending festivals—Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina was traveling to the war-torn cities of Kharkiv and Kryvyi Rih to document the work of the brave Ukrainians recording Russian war crimes there.
Amelina, 36, is widely seen as a key figure in the future of Ukraine’s rich literary tradition. An award-winning author of essays, novels and children’s literature, she’s best known for her two novels, Fall Syndrome (2014) and Dom’s Dream Kingdom (2017), which, widely translated, earned her the Joseph Conrad Literary Award, and made her a finalist for the European Union Prize for Literature.
The working title of her latest project is War and Justice Diary: Looking at Women Looking at War, a nonfiction book that follows the paths of journalists, human-rights activists, lawyers, and volunteers who document Russian war crimes in Ukraine. T…
