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Lydia Chukovskaya


Born
in Russian Federation
March 11, 1907

Died
February 08, 1996

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Lydia Chukovskaya wrote 'Sofia Petrovna', a harrowing story about life during the Great Purges. But it was a while before this story would achieve widespread recognition. Out of favour with the authorities, yet principled and uncompromising, Chukovskaya was unable to hold down any kind of steady employment. But gradually, she started to get published again: an introduction to the works of Taras Shevchenko, another one for the diaries of Miklouho-Maclay.
By the time of Stalin's death in 1953, Chukovskaya had become a respected figure within the literary establishment, as one of the editors of the cultural monthly 'Literaturnaya Moskva'. During the late 1950s, 'Sofia Petrovna' finally made its way through Russia's literary circles, in manuscri
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Sofia Petrovna

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4.06 avg rating — 2,861 ratings — published 1965 — 41 editions
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Going under

4.36 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 1967 — 17 editions
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The Akhmatova Journals, Vol...

4.38 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1980 — 15 editions
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Памяти детства

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4.38 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions
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Crónica de un silencio

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4.17 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions
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Прочерк

4.66 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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В лаборатории редактора

3.67 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Записки об Анне Ахматовой. ...

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Vajoaminen

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4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1972
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“Novels hadn't interested her for a long time now: not for a moment could she tear her mind away from her own life and concentrate on somebody else.”
Lydia Chukovskaya, Sofia Petrovna

“Пушкин. Тютчев. Некрасов. Блок. Ахматова. Мандельштам… Это всё — псевдонимы. Автор — Петербург.”
Lydia Chukovskaya, Прочерк

“Редактору предоставлено одно безукоризненное право: если он убеждён в идейной или художественной неполноценности рукописи - отвергнуть её. Ему принадлежит суровое право отбора. Но права самовольничать в рукописи, принятой к изданию, он лишен начисто.”
Lydia Chukovskaya, В лаборатории редактора

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