A Return to the World—On Dovlatov's Peter the Great and Dostoevsky's Christ
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Sergei Dovlatov (1941-1990) found himself persecuted by the authorities in the USSR. His writing was banned. He had been actively circulating his critical and satirical work through samizdat (underground publications), and even managed to smuggle a number of writings into Western Europe. As a result of his 'subversive' activity, he was expulsed from the Union of Soviet Journalists in 1976. He finally decided to emigrate with his mother to the United States in 1979, where he joined his wife and daughter, who had previously fled to New York. Dovlatov would remain in New York until his death.
A Return to the World—On Dovlatov's Peter the Great and Dostoevsky's Christ
A Return to the World—On Dovlatov's Peter the…
A Return to the World—On Dovlatov's Peter the Great and Dostoevsky's Christ
Sergei Dovlatov (1941-1990) found himself persecuted by the authorities in the USSR. His writing was banned. He had been actively circulating his critical and satirical work through samizdat (underground publications), and even managed to smuggle a number of writings into Western Europe. As a result of his 'subversive' activity, he was expulsed from the Union of Soviet Journalists in 1976. He finally decided to emigrate with his mother to the United States in 1979, where he joined his wife and daughter, who had previously fled to New York. Dovlatov would remain in New York until his death.