Vitaly Shentalinsky
Vitaly Alexandrovich Shentalinsky (Russian: Виталий Александрович Шенталинский; 7 October 1939 – 27 July 2018)[1] was a Russian writer and journalist. He became internationally known for his books on the fates of Russian writers during the Great Purge under the rule of Joseph Stalin.[2][3][4][5]
Life
Shentalinsky spent his school years in the
polar station on the Wrangel Island, and participated in five scientific expeditions in the Arctic. He worked for state television and several magazines, and was the author of travel reports from Siberia and the Arctic. He had a column dedicated to the conservation of nature and cultural monuments in the popular magazine Ogoniok. He also wrote several volumes of poetry.[7]
During
Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Yevgeny Yevtushenko
.
In the Tatar community of Yuldus (district Chistopol), where he grew up, the "Shentalinsky Readings" have been taking place since 2013.[9]
Main works
- Рабы свободы в литературных архивах КГБ, Parus, Moscow 1995 ISBN 978-0684827766).
- Преступление без наказания: документальные повести, Progress-Pleyada, Moscow 2007 ISBN 978-1860460739).
- Донос на Сократа, Formika-S, Moscow 2001 ISBN 5-8463-0081-2
References
- Magadanskaya Pravda, 3 August 2018.
- ^ The Deafening Silence of Suppressed Russian Voices Gets a Hearing latimes.com, 23 July 1996.
- ^ Jenseits von Schuld und Sühne nzz.ch, 22 January 2001.
- ^ Vitali Chentalinski elpais.com, 26 January 1995.
- ^ Les lettres noires du KGB lemonde.fr, 6 December 2012.
- ^ Десять дней на родине. Виталий Шенталинский в Чистополе chisto-muzei.ru, 11 May 2017.
- ^ Alexandr Malkin, Otgorivshy „Grobnitsu pamyati“, Zarubezhye, 2.2012.
- ^ Осколки серебряного века. Окончание Novy Mir, 6.1998.
- ^ В Чистопольском районе в поселке Юлдуз прошли «Шенталинские чтения» tatarstan24.tv, 11 May 2017.
