Letters to my son

What motivates parents to share their own experiences with their children? The relay from generation to generation takes on new forms and depths every hundred years, but the goal is the same: the search for closeness, a warning against mistakes and dangers, an impulse for growth. Parents, regardless of the circumstances, must teach their children to live in the real world.

Today, Vasyl Stus's letters to his son Dmytro are not just a family history, they are part of an era, an extraordinary component of the formation of our identity. The poet had no other opportunity than to write letters. Not every parental experience is heard. But Stus became a "classic", which today acquires new meanings.