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The 20th Century Russian Literature



The 20th century was a dynamic and turbulent time in Russia. There were Russian-Japanese war, three revolutions, the World War 1, the war with Finland, the World War 2, the Cold War, the collapse of the USSR and the Chechen war in the end of the century. The country was either fighting or revolting, starving or collapsing. The complicated life gave birth to the new “complicated” literature. The art and literature had to sustain moral, beliefs, and traditions...

Vladimir Propp Theorist

Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp was a Russian and USSR... more
 

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Writer

The brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are Soviet... more
Moscow, Russia

Timur Kibirov Poet

Timur Kibirov is one of the Russian poets considered... more
Moscow, Russia
 

Dmitry Vodennikov Writer

Dmitry Vodennikov (born 22 December 1968) is a Russian... more
Moscow, Russia

Mikhail Epstein Theorist

Mikhail N. Epstein (Epshtein) (born 1950) is an... more
Atlanta, United States
 

Dmitri Prigov Artist

Dmitri Aleksandrovich Prigov (5 November 1940 – 16 July... more
Moscow, Russia

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Person

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn ( , ) (December 11,... more
 

Ivan Ilyin Philosopher

Ivan Alexandrovich Ilyin (March 28, 1883 - December 21,... more
Moscow, Russia

Mikhail Bakhtin Philosopher

Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (, ) (November 17, 1895 –... more
 

Viktor Shklovsky Theorist

Viktor Borisovich Shklovsky was a Russian and Soviet... more
Moscow, Russia

Sergei Dovlatov Writer

Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov (Mechik) (3 September 1941,... more
New York, United States
 

Sergei Yesenin Writer

Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin (sometimes spelled as... more
Moscow, Russia

Boris Pasternak Writer

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak () ( — May 30, 1960) was a... more
 

Joseph Brodsky Person

Joseph Brodsky (May 24, 1940—January 28, 1996), born... more
Russia

Vladimir Sorokin Writer

Vladimir Georgievich Sorokin () (born August 7, 1955 in... more
Moscow, Russia
 

Maxim Gorky Writer

Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov better known as Maxim Gorky... more

Tatiana Tolstaya Writer

Can be loosely categorized as "magic realism"... more
Moscow, Russia
 

Anna Akhmatova Writer

One of two most popular poetess of Silver Age (second... more
Russia

Mikhail Bulgakov Writer

Bulgakov's style can be perhaps described as "... more
Moscow, Russia
 

Vladimir Nabokov Writer

Perhaps, Nabokov is the most popular Russian writer... more
St Petersburg, Russia


 


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The 20th Century Russian Literature

The 20th century was a dynamic and turbulent time in Russia. There were Russian-Japanese war, three revolutions, the World War 1, the war with... read more