Smolych (was: female executions in Russian literature)

[Vitaly Chernetsky]

Dear SEELANGers,

Iurii Smolych (1900-1976) is a Ukrainian, not a Russian writer. His novel was
originally published in Ukrainian in 1956 as "Svitanok nad morem"; the Russian
translation of this novel by A. Ostrovskii and L. Nesterenko, mentioned by Inna
Caron, was published later the same year. The novel is not specifically about
Labourbe, but more broadly about civil war years in Odessa and the surrounding
area; it is credited with restoring the name of the film actress Vera
Kholodnaia to general (favorable) attention in the USSR (which later yielded,
among others, Nikita Mikhalkov's film "Raba liubvi").

More information about Smolych can be found at the Ukrainian-language version of
Wikipedia:

http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B9

Best,
VC

Quoting Inna Caron <caron.4 at OSU.EDU>:
> One more: Yurii Smolich, "Rassvet nad morem" (1956). A novel about a
> French communist Jeanne-Marie Labourbe, who was executed in Crimea in
> 1919 for campaigning in favor of the Red Army.
>
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> Subject: [SEELANGS] female executions in Russian literature
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> Dear all,
> I've just received the enquiry below from a student called Emily
> Dickinson (!) and wondered if anyone can suggest any texts she might
> use:
>
> I am currently studying for my MA in Modern and Contemporary
> Literature at Loughborough University. As I am sure you are aware each
> student to complete this programme has to undertake a dissertation on a
> chosen topic. My idea is to  consider fictional portrayals of real life
> female executions in twentieth century literature. In particular I would
> like to compare representations in American and Russian work. For the
> former I intend to use work based on Ethel Rosenberg's death, such as
> Robert Coover's The Public Burning and E.L. Doctrow's The Book of
> Daniel,
> but I am having real difficulty finding texts for the latter. As my
> university does not specialise in Russian literature I was wondering if
> may
> you had any possible suggestions which could help me?
> Many thanks for you time,
> Emily Dickinson
>
> All best,
> Alex Harrington
>
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