Vaddey Ratner
@vaddeyratner.bsky.social
Genocide survivor. Refugee. NYTimes bestselling author. "Ratner is a fearless writer." —The Guardian 📕IN THE SHADOW OF THE BANYAN 📕MUSIC OF THE GHOSTS (For international readers: my work is translated into 20 languages)
"I think of memory as finite. It’s personal. Once you’re gone, that memory goes with you. Myth, by contrast, lives beyond you." Today in PEN Transmissions, Vaddey Ratner on memory, narrative history, and storytelling as a means of survival. #writing #literature #art
Knowing Is a Kind of Pain: An Interview with Vaddey Ratner
Vaddey Ratner on memory, narrative history, and storytelling as a means of survival.
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A regime can silence people. It can make them disappear. But their story will be heard. It will find a way, a voice—always. I know because once almost my entire family was taken away from me. Today their story endures and is remembered in many other languages besides my own.