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Vasyl Stus (1938-1985) was a poet and human rights activist who lived his life in such a way that his name became a symbol of national and human dignity and invincibility for millions of Ukrainians. Under any circumstances, he defended the ideals of goodness and freedom: "...I was not going to bend my head, no matter what. Behind me was Ukraine, my oppressed people, for whose honour I must fight to the death."

This book includes poems from the collections Winter Trees, Merry Cemetery, and Palimpsests. In order to break Vasyl Stus's will, the KGB began to fight with his manuscripts, stealing and burning them. However, the poet recalled the poems from memory, and the poems written during his imprisonment became the pinnacle of his work.