Jewish Women Writers in the Soviet Union

ISBN-13: 9780415617628 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 224 str.

Rina Lapidus

Opis

This text presents the lives and works of eleven Jewish women authors who lived in the Soviet Union and who wrote and published their works in Russian. The works include poems, novels, memoirs and other writing.

Spis treści

Introduction: Jewish Women Authors of the Soviet Union and the Present Study  1. Literature and Political Regime in Russia  2. Alexandra Brushtein (1884-1968): The Tears Behind the Smiles  3. Elizaveta Polonskaia (1890-1969): Concealed a Storm of Emotion  4. Raisa Bloch (1899-1943): A Genius Unaware of Her Talent  5. Hanna Levina (1900-1969): A Jewish Communist Fighter  6. Olga Ziv (1904-1963): An Unknown Jewish Author  7. Yulia Neiman (1907-1994): Brilliant Philosopher and Poetess  8. Rahil’ Baumwohl’ (1914-2000): The Joy of Creativity and Motherhood  9. Margarita Aliger (1915-1992): A Soviet Poetess Devoted to Stalin  10. Sarah Levina-Kul’neva (1920-?): Love Story in the Era of Stalinist Prosecutions  11. Sarah Pogreb (b. 1921): The History of Silence  12. Zinaida Mirkina (b. 1926): Suffering as a Path Toward Faith  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Rina Lapidus is an Associate Professor at Comparative Literature Department, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.