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Novy Mir
''Novy Mir'' (russian: links=no, Новый мир, , ''New World'') is a Russian-language monthly literary magazine. History ''Novy Mir'' has been published in Moscow since January 1925. It was supposed to be modelled on the popular pre- Soviet literary magazine ''Mir Bozhy'' ("God's World"), which was published from 1892 to 1906, and its follow-up, ''Sovremenny Mir'' ("Contemporary World"), which was published from 1906 to 1917. ''Novy Mir'' mainly published prose that approved of the general line of the Communist Party. In the early 1960s, ''Novy Mir'' changed its political stance, leaning to a dissident position. In November 1962 the magazine became famous for publishing Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's groundbreaking '' One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'', a novella about a prisoner of the Gulag. In the same year its circulation was about 150,000 copies a month. The magazine continued publishing controversial articles and stories about various aspects of Soviet and Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ..., book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters. Literary magazines are often called literary journals, or little magazines, terms intended to contrast them with larger, commercial magazines. History ''Nouvelles de la république des lettres'' is regarded as the first literary magazine; it was established by Pierre Bayle in France in 1684. Literary magazines became common in the early part of the 19th century, mirroring an overall rise in the number of books, magazines, and scholarly Academic journal, journals being published at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Born in Imperial Russia in 1899, Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian (1926–1938) while living in Berlin, where he met his wife. He achieved international acclaim and prominence after moving to the United States, where he began writing in English. Nabokov became an American citizen in 1945 and lived mostly on the East Coast before returning to Europe in 1961, where he settled in Montreux, Switzerland. From 1948 to 1959, Nabokov was a professor of Russian literature at Cornell University. Nabokov's 1955 novel ''Lolita'' ranked fourth on Modern Library's list of the 100 best 20th-century novels in 2007 and is considered one of the greatest 20th-century works of literature. Nabokov's '' Pale Fire'', published in 1962, was ranked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yulia Latynina
Yulia Leonidovna Latynina (russian: Ю́лия Леони́довна Латы́нина; born 16 June 1966) is a Russian writer and journalist. She is a columnist for '' Novaya Gazeta'' and the most popular host at the Echo of Moscow radio station for years. Yulia Latynina has written more than twenty books, including fantasy and crime fiction. Biography Yulia Latynina was born in Moscow on 16 June 1966. Her father is poet Leonid Latynin and her mother is literary critic Alla Latynina. Yulia Latynina studied philology at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute from 1983 to 1988. In 1993, she defended her PhD at the Gorky Institute of World Literature. Latynina worked for periodicals ''Segodnya'' (1995–96), ''Izvestia'' (1996–97), '' Expert'' (1997–98), ''Sovershenno Secretno'' (1999–2000), ''Ezhednevny Zhurnal'' (2005–15) and '' Gazeta.ru'' (2006–2013). She also worked for television channels NTV (2000–01), ORT (2001–02), TVS (2002–03) and REN TV (2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kushner
Alexander Semyonovich Kushner (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Семёнович Ку́шнер) is a Russian poet from Saint Petersburg. Biography Kushner was born in Leningrad into a Russian-Jewish family; his father was a naval engineer. Alexandr graduated from the Russian language and literature school of the city's teacher-training Herzen University, and later, between 1959 and 1969, taught Russian literature. After that, he became a full-time writer and poet. Since then he published about 15 collections of his poetry and two books of his essays. In 1965 he became a member of the Writers' Union, in 1987 joined the Russian PEN Center. He is also editor-in-chief of ''Biblioteka poeta'' (the "Library of the Poet" series). His only son Eugene and his family live in Israel. In October 1993, he signed the Letter of Forty-Two. His poetry resembles that of Acmeists. He usually doesn't write in free verse and seldom experiments or tries to elaborate a new poetic form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Kublanovsky
Yury Mikhaylovich Kublanovsky (russian: Ю́рий Миха́йлович Кублано́вский; 30 April 1947 in Rybinsk) is a Russian poet, essayist, critic and art historian, known for his dissident past, started in the informal literary union SMOG. The author of dozens of lyrical books appearing in America, France, and Russia. Biography Yuri Kublanovsky was born in the family of the actor and teacher of Russian literature. His grandfather, a priest, was shot in 1930. In the house of his grandmother kept the atmosphere of pre-revolutionary Russia. Despite the fact that his parents were communists, he was baptized. He was fond of painting, with 10 years of experience in the art studio at one time wanted to be a painter. Poems, by his own admission, he began to write in 14–15 years. He started with the avant-garde, considering that resist official Soviet literature can only be non-traditional ways.Павел КрючкоЮрий Кублановский: Есть нит ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Karasyov
Alexander Karasyov (Russian — Александр Владимирович Карасёв, transl. ''Alexandr Vladimirovich Karasev'') is a Russian writer living in St. Petersburg, Russia. Biography Alexander Karasyov was born in Krasnodar, Russia, in 1971. He received degrees in history and law from the Kuban State University and worked as a mechanic, engineer, teacher, and legal advisor. He served in the army, taking part in the fights in Chechnya. Since 2003 he has been published in literary journals. He was awarded the Bunin Prize (2008) and the Second O. Henry Prize "Dary Volhvov" (''The Gift of the Magi'') (New York, 2010). He is the author of the books "The Chechen Stories" (Chechenskye Rasskazy) and "Traitor" (Predatel').Yevgeni Popov (2009). "Who can follow Gogol's footsteps" in: Russia now , 21 April 200Retrieved 22 April 2013 Alexander Karasyov, like Arkady Babchenko and Zakhar Prilepin, is considered a representative of the Russian "New Realism" movement of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisa Ganieva
Alisa Arkadyevna Ganieva (or Ganiyeva; russian: Алиса Аркадьевна Ганиева, born 1985) is a Russian author, writing novels, short prose and essays. Life Ganieva was born in Moscow in an Avar family but moved with her family to Dagestan, where she lived in Gunib and later attended school in Makhachkala. In 2002 she moved back to Moscow and graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. She works as a literary critic for the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily. In 2009, she was awarded the Debut Prize for her debut novel ''Salaam, Dalgat!'', published under the male pseudonym Gulla Khirachev. Her identity as the author was only discovered at the award ceremony. The novel describes the everyday life of Dagestani youth in the cities and shows the decay of traditional life and their difficult relations with Islam, the traditional religion of Dagestanis. The characters use the "Dagestani Russian", a pidgin version of Russian, to communicate, the first instance when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Bykov
Dmitry Lvovich Bykov ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Львович Быков, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ˈlʲvovʲɪdʑ ˈbɨkəf, a=Dmitriy L'vovich Bykov.ru.vorb.oga; born 20 December 1967) is a Russian writer, poet, literary critic and journalist.MGIMO, often considered the most elite university of the USSR. As a journalist and critic, Bykov has been writing for the magazine ''Ogoniok'' since 1993. He has also periodically hosted a show on the radio station Echo of Moscow, which ran until 2008. Earlier, he was one of the hosts of an influential TV show ''Vremechko''. Being one of the most prolific modern Russian writers, in recent years he has gained additional recognition for his biography of Boris Pasternak, published in 2005. The biography earned Bykov the 2006 National Bestseller () and Big Book () awards. He later wrote biographies of Maxim Gorky and Bulat Okudzhava. In 2008 a documentary called ''Virginity'' () was released in which Bykov was a co-writer. In 2009, Bykov was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim Albertovich Amelin
Maxim Albertovich Amelin (russian: Максим Альбертович Амелин; born 7 January 1970) is a Russian poet, critic, essayist, editor, and translator. He was born in Kursk, Russia, where he graduated from the Kursk Commercial College (Курский торговый техникум) and did his military service in the Soviet Army. He studied in the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow from 1991 to 1994, where he worked with . He was commercial director and director of the St. Petersburg publishing house from 1995 to 2007 and has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Moscow publishing house OGI since 2008. He is married to the poet and lives in Moscow. Tatyana Bek was the first to define his style, calling him an "archaist-innovator." His poetry is influenced by classical Greek and Roman poetry and by Russian poetry of the 18th century. He has translated the works of Catullus, Pindar, and Homer, as well as poetry from Georgian, Italian, Ukrainian, and other langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Karpov
Vladimir Vasilyevich Karpov (russian: Владимир Васильевич Карпов; 28 July 1922 – 18 January 2010) was a Soviet soldier, writer of historical novels and public figure. He was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery in World War II. Karpov was born in Orenburg, and moved to Tashkent as a child. He graduated from the Tashkent Military academy in 1941 when he was also middleweight boxing champion of Uzbekistan. He was repressed in 1941 and transferred to a punishment battalion on the Kalinin Front in 1942. He was rehabilitated due to bravery in the face of the enemy in 1943 and promoted to lieutenant. He was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944 for capturing 79 prisoners. After the war, Karpov attended the Frunze Military Academy (1947) and served in Central Asia, retiring as a regimental commander and chief of staff of a division in 1966. Karpov started writing in 1945 and graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute via a corre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Narovchatov
Sergey Narovchatov (russian: link=no, Серге́й Серге́евич Наровча́тов) (1919–1981) was a Russian author and editor-in-chief of the literary magazine ''Novy Mir'' from 1974 to 1981. Works *"Необычное литературоведение" (Unusual Study of Literature) (1970) *"Атлантида рядом с тобой" (Atlantis Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, , island of Atlas (mythology), Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works ''Timaeus (dialogue), Timaeus'' and ''Critias (dialogue), Critias'' ... Next to You) (1972) *"Живая река" (Living River) (1974) External links *http://peoples.ru/art/literature/poetry/contemporary/narovchatov/ *http://samlib.ru/w/walxd_w_w/sergeynarovchatovrubysails.shtml 1919 births 1982 deaths People from Khvalynsk Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Simonov
Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill Mikhailovich Simonov (russian: link= no, Константин Михайлович Симонов, – 28 August 1979), was a Soviet author, war poet, playwright and wartime correspondent, arguably most famous for his 1941 poem "Wait for Me". Early years Simonov was born in Petrograd in 1915. His mother, Princess Aleksandra Leonidovna Obolenskaya, came of the Rurikid Obolensky family. His father, Mikhail Agafangelovich Simonov, an officer in the Tsar's army, left Russia after the Revolution of 1917 and died in Poland sometime after 1921. Konstantin's mother, Alexandra, remained in Russia with Konstantin. In 1919 his mother married Alexander Ivanishev, a Red Army officer and veteran of World War I. Konstantin spent several years as a child in Ryazan while his stepfather worked as an instructor at a local military school. They later moved to Saratov, where Konstantin spent the remainder of his childhood. After completing a ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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