New book--MEMOIR OF A GULAG ACTRESS by Tamara Petkevich

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear Roman,

Thank you very much for the information on the publication of the  
English edition of Tamara Petkevich's memoirs. It's wonderful news.
I'm not sure whether you are interested in some TV programmes related  
to Petkevich, but I would like to draw your attention  to a very  
interesting programme dedicated to  Petkevich's 90th-birthday that  
features Boris Averin:http://www.tv100.ru/video/view/28368/
Averin made his own documentary on Petkevich: it was shown on the TV  
channel "Kul'tura" on 02. 04.2010. In this documentary film -- titled  
"Odin chelovek" (from the cycle of programmes "Peterburgskie  
intelligenty") Tamara Petkevich talks in a very moving manner about  
the Gulag theatre where she worked as an actress. She mentions  
Tsvetaeva's daughter ? Ariadna Efron ? as one of the  
participants/actresses of this theatre. The description of the  
programme is available  
here:http://www.tvkultura.ru/news.html?id=436810&cid=54
It's a pity that the title of the book "Zhizn' ? sapozhok neparnyj"  
?that alludes to Tsvetaeva's poem "Molodost'" ? had to be changed into  
a more simple title "Memoir of a Gulag Actress".

All best,
Alexandra



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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Reader in Russian Studies
Department of European Languages and Cultures
School of  Languages, Literatures and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9JX
UK

tel. +44-(0)131-6511381
fax: +44- (0)131 -651 -1482
e-mail: Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk


Quoting Roman Utkin <roman.utkin at YALE.EDU>:

> Dear SEELANGers,
>
> Please note that Tamara Petkevich's Memoir of a Gulag Actress (title  
>  in Russian:
> Zhizn' - sapozhok neparnyi) has been just published in an English translation
> done by Yasha Klots and Ross Ufberg.
>
> You can learn more on the publisher's website:
>
> http://www.niupress.niu.edu/niupress/scripts/Book/bookresults.asp?ID=568
>
> Thank you,
>
> roman utkin
>
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