Did Mr. Mayakovsky die in the gulag?

[Lynn Visson]

And I wrote a letter to the editor at the NYT at  Arts and Leisure on
Saturday as soon as this came out.  Patricia Thompson's (Mayakovsky's
daughter's) grandson also wrote. By now I think the NYT and Kaplan must be
flooded with indignant letters.
Lynn Visson

2010/3/1 David Powelstock <powelstock at brandeis.edu>

> I've been in touch with the author of the piece (as, apparently, have many
> others!), who tells me he has submitted a correction to his editor.
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
> David Powelstock
> Brandeis University
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah Hoffman
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> He's gotten Mayakovsky confused with Mandelshtam most likely. Perhaps they
> will print a retraction after someone writes.
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> >Forwarded Message: Did Mr. Mayakovsky die in the gulag?
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> >Monday, March 1, 2010 12:36 AM
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> From:
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> >"FRISON Philippe" <Philippe.FRISON at COE.INT>
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> To:
> >undisclosed-recipients
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> Although interesting, the NYT article ends on a factual error:
> Mayakovsky committed suicide on April 14th, 1930 in Moscow
> >after writing:
> "...The love boat has crashed against the everyday. You and
> >I, we are quits, and there is no point in listing mutual
> >pains, sorrows, and hurts."
> (http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/majakovs.htm, in English)
> >(http://2002.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2002/68n/n68n-s26.shtml,
> in Russian (expertise on the cause of Mayakovsky's death,
> >some 60 years later)
> (http://bibliotekar.ru/encSuicid/62.htm, in Russian, on the >
> >circunstances of Mayakovsky's suicide with the complete quote
> of his farewell letter)
>
> Philippe Frison
> (Strasbourg, France)
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