' (russian: Современные записки, "Contemporary Papers") was a politicized

literary journal 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, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters ...

published from 1920 to 1940. A group of adherents of the Russian

Socialist-Revolutionary Party The Socialist Revolutionary Party, or the Party of Socialist-Revolutionaries (the SRs, , or Esers, russian: эсеры, translit=esery, label=none; russian: Партия социалистов-революционеров, ), was a major politi ...

launched the journal during the

Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...

. Headquartered in

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, ''Sovremennye zapiski'' published the poetry, fiction, and articles of Russian emigrants, many of them highly respected writers and philosophers. It is one of several Russian journals that published the early fiction of

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. Bo ...

; Nabokov's novel '' Despair'' was first serialized in ''Sovremennye zapiski''.

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** '' Despair'' ** '' Laughter in the Dark'' ** '' The Gift'' *

Ivan Bunin Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( or ; rus, Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈbunʲɪn, a=Ivan Alyeksyeyevich Bunin.ru.vorb.oga; – 8 November 1953) was the first Russian writer awarded the ...

** ''

Mitya's Love ''Mitya's Love'' (russian: Митина любовь, ''Mi′tina Lyubo′v'') is a short novel by Nobel Prize-winning Russian author Ivan Bunin written in 1924 and first published in books XXIII and XXIV of the '' Sovremennye zapiski'', a Paris- ...

'' ** ''

The Life of Arseniev ''The Life of Arseniev: Youth'' (russian: Жизнь Арсеньева. Юность) is an autobiographical novel by Nobel Prize-winning Russian author Ivan Bunin seen by many as his most important work written in emigration. It is Bunin's only ...

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Andrei Bely Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev ( rus, Бори́с Никола́евич Буга́ев, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ bʊˈɡajɪf, a=Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev.ru.vorb.oga), better known by the pen name Andrei Bely or Biely ( rus, Андре ...

** ''The Baptized Chinaman'' *

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (russian: link= no, Алексей Николаевич Толстой; – 23 February 1945) was a Russian writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels. Despite having ...

** ''Sisters'' (first part of '' The Road to Calvary'')

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