Inside the Soviet Writers' Union
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Inside the Soviet Writers' Union
By (Author) John Garrard
By (author) Carol Garrard
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Academic
28th January 2021
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political oppression and persecution
Far-left political ideologies and movements
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
891.706047
Physical Properties
Paperback
318
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
458g
Description
The USSR's Writer's Union, a form of cultural and political organization unknown in the West, has ruled every aspect of Russian writers' private and professional lives from the time of Stalin to the present day. This book shows how the union has operated over the last five decades.
Author Bio
JOHN GARRARD is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford, and is a member of its European Studies Research Institute.
