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Andrey Platonov (1899–1951)

Autore di Lo sterro

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Sull'Autore

Andrei Platonov was born in Yanskaya, Sloboda, Russia. An engineer and land-reclamation specialist, Platonov was also a writer. He His first poems were published in the 1920s. Stories and folk tales followed. He became a member of the Pereval group of the 1920s and early 1930s. This group of mostra altro writers was influenced by the humanistic, cultivated ideas of the critic Voronsky. After World War II, the more extreme proletarian writers and critics of the time vehemently attacked Platonov for what was considered his ideological mistakes. Platonov was forced to stop publishing. Russians knew only a portion of his real output until the 1960s when he became popular again. During the 1970s, publication of Platonov's writings in the West revealed him to be an important figure in modern Russian prose. His key novels, The Fountain Pit (1975), and Chevengur (1978), explored the bitter ironies of a land of triumphant socialism-a new Utopia-which systematically deforms language. Profoundly pessimistic, the novels reveal a man deeply skeptical of attempts to remold human nature and highly sensitive to the dark underside of Stalin's grandiose economic projects. (Bowker Author Biography) Andrei Platonov was born in Yanskaya, Sloboda, Russia. An engineer and land-reclamation specialist, Platonov was also a writer. He His first poems were published in the 1920s. Stories and folk tales followed. He became a member of the Pereval group of the 1920s and early 1930s. This group of writers was influenced by the humanistic, cultivated ideas of the critic Voronsky. After World War II, the more extreme proletarian writers and critics of the time vehemently attacked Platonov for what was considered his ideological mistakes. Platonov was forced to stop publishing. Russians knew only a portion of his real output until the 1960s when he became popular again. During the 1970s, publication of Platonov's writings in the West revealed him to be an important figure in modern Russian prose. His key novels, The Fountain Pit (1975), and Chevengur (1978), explored the bitter ironies of a land of triumphant socialism-a new Utopia-which systematically deforms language. Profoundly pessimistic, the novels reveal a man deeply skeptical of attempts to remold human nature and highly sensitive to the dark underside of Stalin's grandiose economic projects. (Bowker Author Biography) Alvar Aalto is considered the father of modernism in Scandinavia. He was born in Kuortane, Finland. His reputation as an architect has spread far beyond the bounds of his native country, where he built the major part of his work. He is perhaps Finland's greatest architect and certainly one of the major figures of twentieth-century architecture. As early as 1923, Aalto built in a typical Scandinavian style, relying heavily on native materials-timber in Finland's case-and produced such masterworks as the Library at Viipuri (1927-35), the Paimio Sanitarium, and the Villa Mairea. In 1932 he invented the process for making bent wood furniture. After World War II, his work began to be noticed internationally as he developed his own singular style, and he built some of his finest works-the Finlandia Concert Hall, in Helsinki, and the Baker Dorms at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his only building in the United States, (1947-49). His style is based on irregular and asymmetric forms with many curved walls and single-pitched roofs and with a highly imaginative use of natural materials. Aalto is also known for the design of several classic styles of chairs, tables, and glassware. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Serie

Opere di Andrey Platonov

Lo sterro (1975) 776 copie
Soul: And Other Stories (2008) 295 copie
Ricerca di una terra felice (1929) 263 copie
Mosca felice (1991) 144 copie
Soul (1934) 110 copie
Happy Moscow (1628) 89 copie
Il mare della giovinezza (1931) 29 copie
Verhalen (2019) 28 copie
De stad Gradov (1971) 26 copie
The portable Platonov (1999) 13 copie
Collected works (1978) 13 copie
Een meester in wording (1987) 12 copie
3 x Platonov (2011) 9 copie
Dönüş (2009) 7 copie
Mødre og sønner (1979) 3 copie
Cukur (2017) 3 copie
La zanja (2019) 3 copie
Tajanstveni čovek (2009) 3 copie
Dzhan (La principal) (2018) 3 copie
La zanja (2019) 3 copie
Moscú feliz (2021) 3 copie
Izbrannoe (1988) 3 copie
Le Chemin de l'Ether (1990) 3 copie
À l'avance (1931) 3 copie
Monttu ; Juveniilimeri (1989) 3 copie
Contes de ma patrie (1945) 2 copie
プラトーノフ作品集 (岩波文庫) (1992) — Autore — 2 copie
Wykop (2017) 2 copie
Dół (2017) 2 copie
Fro and Other Stories (1975) 2 copie
Antiseksus (1986) 2 copie
Vzyskanie pogibshikh (2010) 2 copie
אנשי שאר רוח (2008) 2 copie
Vusmus : [muinasjutud] (2006) 1 copia
Fro 1 copia
Von der Feuerstätte bis zum Reaktor — Illustratore — 1 copia
Sochineniia (2004) 1 copia
Tchevengur 1 copia
Csevengur 1 copia
Sharmanka (1975) 1 copia
Erzählungen. (1999) 1 copia
Sobranie 1 copia
Povesti i rasskazy (1988) 1 copia

Opere correlate

The Portable Twentieth Century Russian Reader (1985) — Collaboratore — 392 copie
Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida (2005) — Collaboratore — 223 copie
Granta 64: Russia the Wild East (1998) — Collaboratore — 161 copie
Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov (2012) — Collaboratore — 151 copie
The Red Thread: Twenty Years of NYRB Classics: A Selection (2019) — Collaboratore — 55 copie
Der Irrtum. Russische Erzählungen. (1999) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Russland das große Lesebuch (2017) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
The Eagle — Illustratore — 1 copia
世界短編名作選〈ソビエト編〉 (1978年) (1978) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Eureka: Poetry and criticism, December 1974, vol.6 no.14 (1974) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
篝火創刊号 (2014) — Collaboratore — 1 copia

Etichette

Informazioni generali

Nome legale
Klimentov, Andrej Platonovitsj
Altri nomi
Платонов, Андрей Платонович (pseud.)
Platonow, Andrej (pseud.)
Data di nascita
1899-08-28
Data di morte
1951-01-05
Luogo di sepoltura
Armenian Cemetery, Moscow, Russia
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
Rusland
Luogo di nascita
Voronezh, Russian Empire
Luogo di morte
Moscow, Russia, USSR
Luogo di residenza
Voronezh, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Istruzione
Voronezh Polytechnic Institute
Attività lavorative
journalist
writer
engineer
Breve biografia
He was married to Maria Aleksandrova Kashintseva, with one son, Platon, and one daughter, Maria.

Utenti

Recensioni

Story: 2.0 / 10
Characters: 4
Setting: 8.5
Prose: 3.5

Tags: Communism, Socialism, peasantry, work, meaning, generations
 
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MXMLLN | 15 altre recensioni | Jan 12, 2024 |
The book comprises a main story 'Happy Moscow' and related works - short stories, an essay, and a screenplay. Unexpectedly, the story I like most is "The Sparrow's Journey". I was contemplating skipping it since it is not the main story. Glad I read it. It is a simple story but it leaves a deep impression. An old lonely fiddler finds company in a sparrow which has been listening to his playing. One day, the sparrow was carried away to a faraway land by a hurricane. Since then, the sparrow had been trying to find a way home whereas the fiddler was left forlorn by the sparrow's absence. The sparrow did make its way home and by coincidence or design, the old man found the sparrow. The return journey had left the sparrow severely injured and it died not long after. The old fiddler was inconsolable. You wonder if it would be better if the sparrow had not returned?… (altro)
 
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siok | 2 altre recensioni | Dec 24, 2023 |
Kettő darab kisregény.
1.) Munkagödör
Voscsev megbocsáthatatlan munkahelyi baklövést követ el – gondolkodni kezd. Aminek következtében a létező szocializmus fájó szívvel, de kénytelen kivetni magából, Voscsev pedig a pikareszk regények szabványai szerint elindul bele a világba, és el is jut a munkagödörig, amit egy mesébe illő szocialista kollektíva ásott ki magának. Ők aztán be is fogadják maguk közé, úgyhogy innentől kezdve Voscsev két dolgot csinál: gödröt ás, illetve a jövőbe tekint. Jó, aztán egy picit kuláktalanít is. (Megj.: érdekes, hogy akik a szebb jövőt építik, gyakran egy jó nagy gödör ásásával kezdik…)
2.) Az ifjúság tengere
Az alapmotívum itt is ugyanaz: van a kollektíva valahol az orosz vidék feneketlen távolságainak egyik végpontján, és van a „messziről érkezett ember”. Utóbbi Vermo mérnök, aki a világvégi hústermelő szovhozban kívánja megváltani a világot, előbbi meg a világvégi hústermelő szovhoz, ami ugye világvégi és megváltatlan. Lesznek ellenfelei és persze szövetségesei, közöttük is a legfontosabb Bosztalojeva, a kommunista élmunkásnők gyöngye, akinek egész alakos posztere bizonnyal ott virít minden szovjet olvasztár öltözőszekrényének ajtaján. Belülről. Munkaruhában. Természetesen. És akkor nekilódulnak felépíteni a jövőt ők is, bolsevik módra. Amiben a legnagyobb akadályt valószínűleg azok jelentik, akik szintén bolsevik módra akarják a jövőt felépíteni, csak sajnos nem egyeztették le a másik féllel, mit is kell érteni „bolsevik” alatt. Ja, meg persze a kulákok. Mert kuláktalanítás az itt is van. (Megj.: ez a szöveg talán kevésbé keserű, mint párdarabja. Bár itt is kellően szarkasztikus a platonovi kritika, de jóval megengedőbbnek tűnik úgy általában a szocialista állam alapeszméjével szemben.)

Nemrégiben olvastam a (talán kamu) Dosztojevszkij-mondást, miszerint „Mindannyian Gogol köpönyegéből bújtunk ki.” Nos, meglehet, de Platonov volt az (szerény véleményem szerint, nyilván), aki, mint Marx Hegelt, a fejéről a talpára állította Gogolt. Ő volt az, aki kiteljesítette annak groteszk vonulatát*, a klasszikus orosz epikus történetmesélés mellett (ami organikusan kapcsolódott a szovjet szocreálhoz – megint csak szerény véleményem szerint, de lehet vitatkozni) létrehozva azt az ívet, ami napjainkban Pelevinbe, Szorokinba vagy épp Akszjonovba (stb.) csatlakozik. Mindezt úgy, hogy meggyőződésem, maga Platonov eredendően egy tőrőlmetszett lírikus, csak épp a szovjet valóság olyan gombócnak bizonyult, amit egyszerűen képtelen volt lenyelni** – ebből a konfliktusból születik a platonovi próza, ami szerkesztésében ugyan eseti szinten zavarosnak és logikátlannak tűnik, de pont ezért képes igazán intenzíven ábrázolni a polgárháború utáni szovjet viszonyokat és a sztálini rendszer kifejlését. Úgy vélem, senki nem képes ilyen finom gúnnyal leképezni a bolsevik „jövőhajszolók” beszéd- és gondolkodásmódját, mint ő, a káoszt, a képlékeny ideák szürreális bakugrásait. Megkapó pontossággal mutat rá itt is a kommunizmus belső programhibáira: az egyén és közösség ambivalens viszonyára, a gondolkodás ártalmas voltára, és arra, hogy a hatalmat megízlelő csőcselék micsoda halálos fegyver mindenféle Nagy Vezérek kezében. Komikus könyv, persze, megannyi beleágyazott abszurd viccel – de az egész mögött ott van a félelem. És a félelmek között a legfélelmetesebb az, hogy Platonov hősei ritkán tépelődnek. Hisznek a jövőben – csillogó szemmel tekintenek a távolba, ahol képzeletükben a határtalan szovjet tudományosság hegymagas kupolái aranylanak. Nincsenek kétségeik. Biztosak benne, hogy jó emberek. Hisz hogy is lehetne rossz ember, aki nem önmaga hasznáért, hanem a jövőért dolgozik? És ezek a jó emberek kuláktalanítanak, feljelentést írnak, kivégzőosztag elé állítanak. Gyilkolnak. Ezek a jó emberek.

* Akad, aki ezt a pálmát talán Bulgakovnak adná. Nehéz ebben a kérdésben igazságot tenni, hisz betiltott íróként az irodalmi iskolákra való hatásuk évtizedes késéssel bontakozhatott csak ki.
… (altro)
 
Segnalato
Kuszma | 15 altre recensioni | Jul 2, 2022 |
As if I needed anything more depressing during such severe days of repetition and bleakness, I settle with Platonov's The Foundation Pit on my lap. While this month brings a lot of rain and dark clouds, I've gotten accustomed to waking up in very early mornings; the pitter-pattering bouncing against the windows, against rows of steel, against hard stone. Today I stared at the ceiling without much rest, with a tired heart, an empty mind, feeling sick, this philosophical fable brushing along my skull. The lengths people will go through for the idealistic promise of a better society have always been horrifying. In this dry yet evocative novel, the workers tirelessly dig a foundation for a majestic building. As they dig deeper, it becomes clear this is a grave for their overworked, exploited bodies. The religious allusions referred throughout The Foundation Pit greatly juxtaposes the godless utopia the Soviet Union promotes. The text from time to time is evasive, challenging. But the allegory on the early days of the Soviet Union, the disillusionment under the sickle and hammer symbol comes through; the liquidation of certain classes, Total Collectivization, dekulakilization. Several sacrifices along with the implied suffering/violence of its people for nought reveal the brutality at the expense of the progress never fully actualised.

"If we want to destroy religion and are conscious that this has to be done, since communism and religion are incompatible, then, in place of religion we must give the people not less than religion but more than religion. Many of us think that it is possible to take faith away without giving people anything better. The would of contemporary man is organized in such a way that if faith is removed, it will be completely overturned."
… (altro)
 
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lethalmauve | 15 altre recensioni | Jan 25, 2021 |

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