Two-time Oscar nominee, English actress Keira Knightley voiced the diary of 12-year-old Eva Skaletskaya from Kharkov.
A diary called " Soon, Eva, together with her grandmother, left the city for Europe and ended up in Dublin.
The diary of a young Kharkiv woman was published in print on October 25, 2022 by the British publishing house Bloomsbury. The publishing house won the right to publish it at a seven-sided auction in June 2022, where the diary was exhibited, writes The Bookseller.
In the UK and Ireland, a large-scale media campaign was launched and a number of events were organized, in particular, Eva Skaletskaya gave more than one interview on radio and print media about the events experienced during the war in Ukraine.
The diary was introduced by the English writer Michael Morpurgo. The diary of a 12-year-old Ukrainian woman has been compared to Anne Frank's for its powerful insight into conflict through the eyes of a child..
" This is an incredibly important story that is both powerful and deeply moving.. I am honored to be a part of this publication, telling Eve's extraordinary story of inspiration and courage,"
Sound engineer Tom Skipp, in turn, noted the skill of Knightley, who managed to "
" She pays homage to Eva's innocent, youthful yet wise beyond her years tone, and Kira's ideal image is sensitive, intimate and, finally, extremely compelling,"