Writing Life. Varlam Shalamov. Biography and Poetics

Writing Life. Varlam Shalamov. Biography and Poetics

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In the camp, Varlam Shalamov was reduced to the level of human material, which was managed by others, and whose destruction was taken into account in advance.
Having survived both in life and in creativity, he resisted anyone encroaching on his... «I». To freely manage his life and fully retain the highest right to interpret his fate in words was to him as much a treasure as the authenticity of feeling from which every written word was born. His poems and prose were based on what he himself saw and learned.
Speaking about his creativity, he once said: «I am a chronicler of my own soul. No more.» In all his texts, he closely intertwined his own life with modern Russian history. His strategy of remembering requires historical knowledge. It is aimed at a reader who is willing to continually question their own thoughts and actions.

Author: Франциска Тун-Хоэнштайн

Printhouse: ID Ivana Limbakha

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2025

ISBN: 9785890595652

Number of pages: 536

Size: 220х145х35 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 700 g

ID: 1735432

In the camp, Varlam Shalamov was reduced to the level of human material, which was managed by others, and whose destruction was taken into account in advance.

Having survived both in life and in creativity, he resisted anyone encroaching on his «I». To freely manage his life and fully retain the highest right to interpret his fate in words was to him as much a treasure as the authenticity of feeling from which every written word was born. His poems and prose were based on what he himself saw and learned.

Speaking about his creativity, he once said: «I am a chronicler of my own soul. No more.» In all his texts, he closely intertwined his own life with modern Russian history. His strategy of remembering requires historical knowledge. It is aimed at a reader who is willing to continually question their own thoughts and actions.

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