Born a serf in 1814, Shevchenko became a painter and the poet whose Kobzar gave Ukraine a literary voice, and was exiled for his verse by the tsar. Alexander Jardine Hunter, a doctor among Ukrainian settlers in Canada, renders a selection, from Cossack ballads and “Hamaleia” to poems on faith and freedom, with notes on his life.
An early English introduction to the poet at the heart of Ukrainian culture. Download the free EPUB.