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НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ • Серпень 2026 13 ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ ВІДДІЛІВ І ЧЛЕНКИНЬ • BRANCH & MEMBER NEWS was republished in Kyiv in 2008, with an English translation by Myrosia Stefaniuk published here in 2024. Horbal’s chronicles of the horrors of the Sovi- et totalitarian regime, scratched on tiny bits of cigarette paper and smuggled to the West, are a unique example of fortitude and creativity in captivity. Brief in form, his poems radiate a deep spirituality and strength, a keen awareness of truth and beauty, and a stalwart faith in the in - nate goodness of Man and the grace of God. Invited by the Shevchenko Scientific Society of Detroit, Mykola Horbal, now 86, returned to Michigan this year, decades after first visiting the U.S. in 1989. During this visit, he toured the Ukrainian American Archives and Museum, the Ukrainian Library in the Cultural Center, and the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic School. At a lecture-presentation sponsored by the Shevchenko Scientific Society and the UNWLA Detroit Regional Council on March 18 in the Soyuz Ukrainok domivka in Warren, MI, Mykola Horbal described the harsh reality of his impris - onment as “a freeing spiritual journey.” “I am grateful to the fate that led me to Mor - dovia, the Urals, and Siberia, where I met the fin - est Ukrainians — Ivan and Nadia Svitlychni, Vasyl Stus, Chornovil, Ihor and Iryna Kalynets, and many others.... It was there that I was rid of that most miserable of emotions: fear. I feel that it was there that I became truly human.” His vivid memories and stories about strength, faith, and resilience left a deep impression. Moved by the accomplishments of the diaspora, he thanked teachers and parents for bringing up a new generation of Ukrainians far from their home- land. “Do not be afraid,” he told the audience. “The evil empire will collapse like all others before it!” He promised the school students that Ukraine would be victorious and that they would be proud of their her - itage. Today, Mykola Horbal continues to use the word as a forceful weapon again russian tyranny. In addition to his prison poems, published articles, and essays, he has authored a memoir and four novels, as well as two new books that relate to his spiritual journey. “When a nation suffers, God sends the needed peo- ple,” Horbal declared. Indeed, the Shistdesiatnyky and the courageous heroes who sacrificed their lives for their ideals laid the moral and political foundation for the national renaissance that paved the way for Ukraine’s independence in 1991. Mykola Horbal’s works are as timely today as they were decades ago. They express the human spirit’s ability to survive unspeakable circumstances, and they embody the Ukrainian resilience, determination, and survival that are now on global display. If we gather all the tears, all your laments, O Ukraine, your wailing and your despair, your prayers from all those years when you endured your Way of the Cross. throughout our land and if the heart does not break from the weight of this burden — WE WILL RETURN. From Details of an Hourglass: Poems from the Gulag Translation by Myrosia Stefaniuk, 2024 In Ukrainian, available from Amazon: Один із шістдесяти: Спогади (One of Sixty), 2001 Презентація життя: Версія роману (Presentation of Life), 2006 Повернення: Роман (The Return), 2016 Повість про три дороги (A Tale of Three Roads), 2020 Дорогами Патріарха (Along the Paths of the Patriarch), 2025 У пошуках Христа (In Search of Christ), 2025 Books by Mykola Horbal In English and Ukrainian: Details of an Hourglass: Poems from the Gulag . In English and Ukrainian. Translation by Myrosia Stefaniuk, 2024. Order from myroslava@wowway.com or losthorsepress@mindspring.com
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