"Ancient Egyptian Literature in Ukrainian Translations"

Ancient Egyptian literature in Ukrainian translations / ed. and compiled by Mykola Tarasenko; preface by Mykola Tarasenko, Darya Ziborova. — Kyiv-Kharkiv: Publisher Oleksandr Savchuk, 2022. — 256 p. : ill., map.

The monograph contains translations of ancient Egyptian literary works, religious and temple texts into Ukrainian. The collection presents the first translations of ancient Egyptian works, which were made by I. Franko and L. Ukrainka from European languages ​​at the end of the 19th century. A section is presented dedicated to the literature of the Middle Kingdom, from the publication “History of the Ancient East” by B. Turaev (1938, translated from Russian), which provides full or partial translations of classical ancient Egyptian literary and didactic works. Translations of literary works published in the 1960s by the prominent Ukrainian historian and cultural figure of the diaspora M. Antonovych, who had a professional Egyptological education, are published. Translations of a number of texts published by Ukrainian Egyptologists in the 21st century (M. Tarasenko, O. Zapletniuk) are collected. For the first time, Ukrainian translations of various ancient Egyptian works have been published, performed by the young generation of Ukrainian Egyptologists: D. Ziborova, D. Gereikhanova, N. Bondarenko, V. Mota.

The monograph also includes introductory chapters by Mykola Tarasenko and Darya Ziborova and a biographical excursus by Alla Atamanenko about Mark Antonovych, the first translator of ancient Egyptian texts into Ukrainian. The publication is intended for orientalists, historians, literary critics, and students of historical and cultural studies.