Union of Writers

[Svitlana Kobets]

Thank you, Gasan, Sarah and Françoise! I believe these links are relevant and important. They are certainly representative of two different communities.
I cannot identify most of the names of those Russian writers either but I know at least some of these names, such as Valentin Rasputin and Aleksandr Artsybashev. The overt soviet rhetoric of their letter is revealing. It's a deja vu of the Soviet Union events and opinions.
best,
Svitlana Kobets
 


On 2014-03-07, at 8:47 AM, Rossen Djagalov wrote:

> Thank you for your corrective, Gasan Chinghizovich. 
> 
> To second it, the Union of Writers of Russia (http://sp.voskres.ru), which has issued this statement, 
> is one of several such writers' unions and occupies the "patriotic" part of the spectrum. 
> It should not be confused with contemporary Russian literature. 
> 
> With the best of wishes, 
> Rossen 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 07.03.2014 14:56, Gasan Gusejnov wrote:
>> Thanks for your opinion, Françoise Rosset,
>> 
>> however I am not sure you have ever read or heard at least two or three names of these writers who use words.
>> 
>> For the sake of balance, here is another relevant paper, the protest against Putin's military and propaganda pressure on Ukraine, signed by many scholars:
>> http://polit.ru/news/2014/03/04/letter/
>> 
>> Best
>> gg  
>> 
>> 
>> 2014-03-07 10:51 GMT+01:00 Francoise Rosset <frosset at wheatonma.edu>:
>> Thank you Sarah, that IS important information.
>> And it is relevant to this list because those are writers who wrote this letter, people whose medium is language and the word.
>> -FR
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Sarah Hurst <sarahnhurst at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear SEELANGers, 
>> 
>> I am not posting this to try and be political, but for information. I think it is relevant to know that the Russian Union of Writers has written to President Putin in support of his actions in Crimea. Here is the link:
>> 
>> http://www.ridus.ru/news/155950
>> 
>> Sarah Hurst
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Françoise Rosset
>> Chair, Russian and Russian Studies
>> Wheaton College, Norton MA 02766
>> Spring 2014: Resident Director of Wheaton-in-Bhutan program, Thimphu, Bhutan
>> phone # in Bhutan: +975 1750 0593
>> frosset at wheatonma.edu
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