(by Vasily Grossman)Translated by Robert Chandler Review by Nancy Sherman In Life and Fate, Vasily Grossman’s 1960 novel about the Battle of Stalingrad, dozens of […]
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VASSILY GROSSMAN (Short biography)
Vassily Grossman was born in 1905.When a student of the Moscow State University he began writing short stories.He continued his literary activity working as an […]
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(Unsung genius among great modern Russian novelists) Courtesy: Simon Pirani Grossman, WWII-time photo Simon Pirani pays tribute to a forgotten writer. KGB Colonel Vladimir Prokopenko came […]
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Outside Looking In — Just the Way He Wanted ItIn the Great Russian Literary Tradition of Alienation and Marginalism,Friedrich Gorenstein’s Death May Give Him the […]
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Performer: Abe Ellstein’s Orchestra Composer: H. Ellstein Title: Bardichiver Nigun Translation: Bardichev Melody Published: New York, NY : Victor, 1940-02-15. Publisher No: V-9063-B; BS 047207-1 […]
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(Courtesy: Doc Productions GmbH)Postscripts from a Landscape of Memory79 min. and 54 min., 35mm / VideoLanguage: German/Yiddish/RussianSubtitles and narration: German or English IntroductionIn the Western […]
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(Courtesy: Olga Dzyurbey) Olexander Savitj Yatsuk (1920 – 1986)He had lived and created his works in the time of socialist realism and confirmed himself as […]
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Icon “Mother of God of Berdichev”: tinsel, tempera, frame ofmetal and the author’s trade-mark “Nikolay Balmasov” 310 x 270 mm The works, manufactured in Balmasov […]
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Courtesy: David Finkle (N.Y.) Kathleen Chalfant in The Last Letter(Photo © Gerry Goodstein) Vasily Grossman was a leading Russian war correspondent during World War II. […]
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[“Yidishe Glikn”, directed by Aleksey Granovsky (1925)] TITLE: JEWISH LUCKYEAR: 1925DIR/PROD: Alexander GranovskyCOUNTRY: RussiaLANGUAGE: SILENTTIME: 90 minutes in black and white 35mmSOURCE: National Center for […]
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