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The article is a review of the sixth volume of «The works» of Vasyl Stus, particularly the collection of his letters to family, friends and acquaintances. The author emphasizes on the Stus’s distinctly Western-European worldview, which can be seen in his striving for freedom. The article highlights that the significance of the letters lies in their sincerity, which reveals the poet as a genuine individual, a living person in a tragic situation. The author of the review approves this book as an important contribution to the history of Ukrainian epistolary literature.