Marshak - First Writers' Congress

[Simon Krysl]

Dear all,
apologies for what may be an impossible query...
I was wondering if Samuil Marshak's speech on childrens' literature from 
the First Writers' Congress has been translated into English? (I would 
like to use it in a class, but before I think of translating it myself, I 
am searching...) 
Also, can you suggest a good essay or other treatment of the Congress 
itself (one which explains, ideally, what has been happening at the 
congress, historically)? What I have found so far - the main or "canonic" 
works on socialist realism - are useful, but do not quite allow one to 
explicate the event in class setting...
So many thanks.
Sincerely yours, 
Simon Krysl

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