Nash Sovremennik

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Nash Sovremennik
EditorViktor Poltoratsky (1956-1958), Boris Zubavin (1958-1968),
OCLC
4895482
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Nash Sovremennik (Наш современник, Our Contemporary) is a Russian literary magazine, founded in 1956, as a successor to the Yearly Almanac.[1][2]

History

The predecessor of Nash Sovremennik was the

Socialist Revolution.[3]

In 1956 the Almanac changed its name to Nash Sovremennik

RSFSR
Union of Writers. Nash Sovremennik's first editors-in-chief were Viktor Poltoratsky (1956-1958, an editorial staff member up until 1973) and Boris Zubavin (1958-1968). In its early years the magazine had as its main purpose seeking out new literary talents in the Russian province.

In 1969 Nash Sovremennik's editor became

Yevgeny Nosov, Vladimir Soloukhin, Valentin Sorokin and Vasily Shukshin. Vikulov departed in 1989, succeeded by Stanislav Kunyaev
.

By this time Nash Sovremennik has found itself in the center of the bitter faction struggle in the Soviet literature and journalism, representing (alongside

Slavophile and Russian nationalist flank,[5] opposing the Western-style liberalism (associated in those years with Oktyabr and Znamya, with Novy Mir balancing in the center). In 1990 it reached its highest point of popularity with the circulation figures around 480 thousand. In 1990s Nash Sovremennik became the organ of the newly formed conservative Union of Writers of Russia, a bitter rival to the pro-liberal Union of Russian Writers. Among its consistent contributors were Vladimir Bogomolov, Sergey Kara-Murza, Vadim Kozhinov, Vladimir Krupin, Yuri Kuznetsov, Mikhail Lobanov, Alexander Prokhanov and later, in the 2000s, Zakhar Prilepin, Mikhail Popov, Irina Mamayeva, Yuri Kozlov among others. Still led by Kunyayev, the magazine remains true to its once declared 'patriotic' course, but its circulation has fallen to 9 thousand, as of 2008.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Nash Sovremennik". Russian Civilisation encyclopedia. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  2. JSTOR 40148843
    .
  3. ^ "Nash Sovremennik". The Great Soviet Enc. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  4. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8
    . Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ISBN 978-1-349-42145-9
    .
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