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From my understanding, that might be because she writes non-fiction? And is Belarusian? *NM* Legolas Send a noteboard - 05/04/2017 06:02:59 PM
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko, influential Russian poet, has passed away Legolas - 03/04/2017 05:30:50 PM 10124 Views
He loomed large in the novel by Aksyonov I read relatively recently, A Mysterious Passion. Tom - 04/04/2017 03:47:45 AM 2469 Views
Non-Russians don't necessarily know they should be interested. The Shrike - 04/04/2017 12:35:49 PM 2321 Views
I must say, I don't think I'd heard of him before. Legolas - 04/04/2017 10:31:26 PM 2416 Views
Poetry loses almost everything in translation. Tom - 05/04/2017 04:05:34 AM 2687 Views
You'd be able to name Pushkin too. The Shrike - 05/04/2017 01:11:14 PM 2548 Views
Yes - wasn't counting him as 'modern'. Though I guess that depends where you draw the line. Legolas - 05/04/2017 06:01:37 PM 2472 Views
Don't get me started on Russian literature classes Tom - 05/04/2017 04:10:04 AM 2424 Views
Mine was similar. The Shrike - 05/04/2017 01:17:59 PM 2300 Views
I honestly don't know enough about him. The Shrike - 04/04/2017 12:41:35 PM 2287 Views
You know his work. You just don't know you know it. Tom - 05/04/2017 03:56:28 AM 2441 Views
This appears to be true. The Shrike - 05/04/2017 01:22:49 PM 2495 Views
Here's an analysis of why he deserved the Nobel in Literature. The Shrike - 04/04/2017 05:54:28 PM 2507 Views
He absolutely deserved it. Much more so than that Russian woman who got it recently. Tom - 05/04/2017 04:18:37 AM 2540 Views
I am curious about her as I have read nothing she has written. The Shrike - 05/04/2017 01:25:37 PM 2372 Views
From my understanding, that might be because she writes non-fiction? And is Belarusian? *NM* Legolas - 05/04/2017 06:02:59 PM 1406 Views
No, she's apparently not a good writer Tom - 05/04/2017 08:55:00 PM 2520 Views
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