Anatoly Kuznetsov, Author of Babi Yar: The History of the Book and the Fate of the Author

Abstract

This Introduction to the special issue devoted to Anatoly Kuznetsov, author of Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel, dwells on the different aspects of the book’s importance, surveys the life of the author as intertwined with the history of this book, suggests a way of reading his other work in the light of Babi Yar, and notes the contributions of the articles collected in this issue.

Keywords

• kuznetsov
• babi yar
• holocaust
• soviet literature
• censorship
• memorialization