Polina's diary
Polina's diary ( Russian Муравей в стеклянной банке. Чеченские дневники 1994–2004 ) is a book by the writer Polina Viktorovna Scherebzowa, first published in 2014 . The book contains entries in the diary of the author, which she wrote during the war in Chechnya .
Der Spiegel : “ Politkovskaya described the war as a journalist, from the outside. Polina Scherebzowa tells from within, from the heart of darkness. "
At the beginning of the First Chechnya War (1994-1996), Polina Scherebzowa's grandfather Anatoly died. The hospital in Grozny on May Day Street, where the 72-year-old WWII veteran was staying for health reasons, came under fire from planes. Polina made the first serious entry in her diary. In it she gave nicknames to neighbors and friends. She wrote about funny and sad moments in life.
In this situation, Polina's diary becomes a lifeline and a challenge at the same time. “I don't know when death will come, and only when I write am I not afraid. I think I'm doing something important. I will write, ” she stated on August 10, 1996.
In 1999 the Second Chechen War began in Grozny in the North Caucasus. Polina Scherebzowa was 14 years old at the time and was continuing her diary. While she was helping her mother in the central market in Grozny after school, there was fire and she was wounded in the leg. The attack on the market took place on October 21, 1999 and has been documented. Due to the injury and illness, Polina Scherebzowa and her mother could not leave Grozny despite the war. They went hungry and were evicted from their homes along with their neighbors. Polina Scherebzowa recorded these experiences in her diary.
Polina dedicated this book to the government of Russia.
In 2015 the diary was published in Germany in a translation by Olaf Kühl .
review
Tobias Rapp reviewed the book for Der Spiegel magazine and said: “A child's voice tells of one of the great crimes of humanity over the past twenty years. Polina's diary could shake the world, as the diary of Anne Frank did. "
Deutschlandradio Kultur : "Polina Scherebzowa experienced both Chechen wars. In" Polina's Diary "she describes her impressions as an unsuspecting girl during the first war - and the difficulties of growing up in times of fear and violence."
Publications
- Дневник Жеребцовой Полины Detective-Press, Moscow 2011. ISBN 978-5-89935-101-3 .
- Муравей в стеклянной банке. Чеченские дневники 1994–2004 Corpus, Moscow 2014. ISBN 978-5-17-083653-6
In other languages
- Polina Scherebzowa, Le journal de Polina. France, Paris: Books Editions., 2013. ISBN 2366080328
- Polina Scherebzowa, Sodan sirpaleet. Finland, Helsinki: INTO, 2014. ISBN 978-952-264-312-4
- Polina Scherebzowa, LE JOURNAL DE POLINA. France, Paris: 10/18, 2015. ISBN 9782264064554
- Polina Scherebzowa, Polina's diary, translated by Olaf Kühl, Rowohlt, Berlin (March) 2015. ISBN 978-3-87134-799-3 .
- Polina Scherebzowa, Чеченські щоденники 1994-2004 рр. Ukraine: Клуб сімейного дозвілля, 2015. ISBN 978-966-14-8343-8
- Polina Scherebzowa, Polinos Dienorastis. - Lithuania, Tytoalba, 2015. ISBN 978-6-09466-107-5
- Polina Scherebzowa, "Deníky Poliny Žerebcovové", BIZBOOKS, 2016 ISBN 978-80-265-0500-6
Web links
- Polina Scherebzowa: Child tells from the heart of darkness
- “Artour special” reports from the Leipzig Book Fair and introduces new publications and authors. Also included are u. a. André Herzberg, Jean Ziegler and Polina Scherebzowa.
- A girl's nightmare in Chechnya
- Polina Scherebzova's Chechnya Diary
- Daniel Henseler: Notes from Hell. Polina Scherebzowa's diary about the Chechen wars. In: literaturkritik.de . May 20, 2015, accessed May 25, 2015 .