gorod Pinsk in Russian literature

[Elena Gapova]

Alexander Block spent some time in Pinsk during WWI, when he was in the
military (and wrote some poetry there and described the place in his
letters, if I remember correctly).
e.g.

2009/6/1 Kevin Reiling <kevinreiling at yahoo.com>

> Dear Ms. Mathys,
>
> Yakub Kolas worked for about two years in Pinsk. Ryszard Kapuscinski and
> Napoleon Orda also have ties to Pinsk. The work that comes immediately to
> mind, however (aside from Tom Leher's "Lobachevsky"... ), when thinking of
> Pinsk is Dunin-Marcinkiewicz's "Pinskaya shlyakhta."
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Best,
>
> Kevin
>
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> --- On Mon, 6/1/09, Nicole Mathys <nicolemathys at BLUEWIN.CH> wrote:
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> From: Nicole Mathys <nicolemathys at BLUEWIN.CH>
> Subject: [SEELANGS] gorod Pinsk in Russian literature
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 12:29 PM
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> Dear all,
>
> I'd be very glad, getting ideas about where in the literature, the
> belarussian town of Pinsk plays a role. Or if one writer an important time
> of his/her life spent in Pinsk.
> I ask this, because I'm planning a cultural project in Pinsk.
>
> Thank you very much for your answers!
>
> Best regards
> Nicole Mathys
>
> e-mail: nicolemathys at bluewin.ch
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