Mandelstam |
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| Author:
| Lekmanov, Oleg |
| Translator:
| Retivov, Tatiana |
| Series title: | Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-934843-28-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | Academic Studies Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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Presents the maverick Russian poet's life and work to a wider audience, and includes the most reliable details of the poet's life, which were recently found and released from the KGB archives. This takes the reader through Mandelstam's early life and education in pre-revolutionary Petersburg, at the Sorbonne in Paris, and in Heidelberg and his return to revolutionary Russia. In 1938, Mandelstam was arrested and six months later became a statistic: one of over 300,000 prisoners who died...
More DescriptionPresents the maverick Russian poet's life and work to a wider audience, and includes the most reliable details of the poet's life, which were recently found and released from the KGB archives. This takes the reader through Mandelstam's early life and education in pre-revolutionary Petersburg, at the Sorbonne in Paris, and in Heidelberg and his return to revolutionary Russia. In 1938, Mandelstam was arrested and six months later became a statistic: one of over 300,000 prisoners who died in the Gulags.