Abstract

Yan Satunovsky’s poetry, known for its laconic style, deals with materialistic matters and tends toward minimalist imagery and stark depictions of unembellished reality. All the more surprising, then, is the significant number of references to religion in his work. Some of these references are connected to Judaism, others – to Christianity. Although written from a secular, profane perspective, his poems suggest that religion was not entirely unimportant for the poet. This article follows some of these references and probes the religious remnant in Satunovsky’s body of works.