Name: In Search of the Free Individual: The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul (Distinguished Speakers Series)
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Author: Svetlana Alexievich
ISBN: 9781501726903

portada In Search of the Free Individual: The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul (Distinguished Speakers Series)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Svetlana Alexievich

Translated by

Jamey Gambrell

Publisher

Cornell Global Perspectives

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.3 cm

Weight

0.08 kg.

ISBN13

9781501726903

Synopsis "In Search of the Free Individual: The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul (Distinguished Speakers Series)"

"I love life in its living form, life that's found on the street, in human conversations, shouts, and moans." So begins this speech delivered in Russian at Cornell University by Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature. In poetic language, Alexievich traces the origins of her deeply affecting blend of journalism, oral history, and creative writing.Cornell Global Perspectives is an imprint of Cornell University's Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. The works examine critical global challenges, often from an interdisciplinary perspective, and are intended for a non-specialist audience. The Distinguished Speaker Series presents edited transcripts of talks delivered at Cornell, both in the original language and in translation.

Svetlana Alexievich

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(Ivano-Frankivsk, Ucrania, 1948) es una prestigiosa periodista y escritora bielorrusa cuya obra ofrece un retrato profundamente crítico de la antigua Unión Soviética y de las secuelas que ha dejado en sus habitantes. Su espíritu crítico, su profundo compromiso con los que sufren y su fructífera carrera literaria han sido reconocidos con innumerables galardones, entre los que cabe destacar el premio Nobel de Literatura (2015), el Premio Ryszard-Kapuscinski de Polonia (1996), el Premio Herder de Austria (1999), el Premio Nacional del Círculo de Críticos de Estados Unidos (2006), el Premio Médicis de Ensayo en Francia (2013) y el Premio de la Paz de los libreros alemanes (2013). Es oficial de la orden de las Artes y las Letras de la República Francesa y doctora honoris causa por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

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