Open AccessAn Episode from the History of the Camp Literature: Varlam Shalamov’s Unknown Review
Author(s) -
K. L. Filimonova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
russkaâ literatura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 0131-6095
DOI - 10.31860/0131-6095-2020-3-242-250
Subject(s) - gulag , amateur , history , literature , classics , art , archaeology
In 1958–1965, Varlam Shalamov worked as a freelance reviewer for the Noviy Mir magazine. Shalamov highly estimated and recommended for publication one novel, that came in as a manuscript by an «amateur» author. The story, written by a former GULAG prisoner, a doctor from Kazan A. P. Tchigarin, shares many themes, plots, and artistic assessments with Shalamov’s "Kolyma Tales".