Ancient Egyptian literature in Ukrainian translations

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 contains introductory chapters by Mykola Tarasenko and Daria Ziborova and a biographical excursion 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.