Five Voices Against the Silence: Crowdfunding Campaign
The first step in rescuing Ukraine's literary canon for a global audience.
For centuries, the Ukrainian voice has been the target of systematic erasure. From the 19th-century imperial decrees that denied the very existence of its language, through the iron grip of Soviet censorship that mutilated texts to align them with state ideology, to the tragedy of the "Executed Renaissance" in the 1930s—where a generation of writers was physically decimated to break the nation's intellectual backbone.
Today, you have the power to change the course of this history and redress the horrors of the past. By supporting us, you cease to be a spectator and become an active part of a resistance born in the underground. Your contribution is the final act of justice these works require: the gesture that will rescue from oblivion the words the world should never have lost and that, thanks to you, will finally be heard once again.
Launching Our First Collection
We are launching this campaign to bring to life the edition of five masterpieces that will break the silence:
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, by Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky.
The Forest Song, by Lesya Ukrainka.
The City, by Valerian Pidmohylny.
Do Oxen Low When Mangers are Full?, by Panas Myrny and Ivan Bilyk.
The Human, by Olha Kobylianska.
To honor this legacy, we guarantee a meticulous and faithful translation, handled with the utmost care and the deepest philological sensitivity. Our commitment is that every page will not only be loyal to the author's original voice but also serve as a bridge, allowing the reader to discover the hidden meanings and veiled layers that these writers were forced to employ to survive censorship. We want every silenced nuance to finally reclaim its light.
The Impact of Your Collaboration
Your support will enable the comprehensive translation, publication, and distribution of these fundamental works throughout the Spanish-speaking and English-speaking worlds. Thanks to your contribution, these texts will finally join the collections of major bookstores, as well as the shelves of public libraries and university departments, breaking the historical isolation that has kept them off the global stage.
You will be directly responsible—without half-measures, without filters, and without half-truths—for rescuing a people's culture, preserving it from oblivion through your contribution, whether large or small. And if, due to your circumstances, you cannot support us financially, please share this project; we will be equally grateful.
Join the Cultural Resistance
There are different ways to be part of this literary rescue. You can choose the one that best fits your situation and needs:
Sponsor a Book: Choose your favorite work from the collection and make its arrival in bookstores possible.
Sponsor the Complete Collection: Ensure the launch of the five foundational voices of our catalog.
Open Donation: Support our general mission to continue recovering Ukraine’s cultural legacy.
By participating in this crowdfunding, you become a patron of history. Receive numbered editions or see your name in the credits of the works that will rescue a legacy of resistance for future generations. Help us return to the world the words that centuries of decrees could not silence.