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Question: Who is your 2nd favorite Russian author?
ikolai Gogol   -12 (17.9%)
lexander Alexandrovich Chirkov   -0 (0%)
lexander Bashlachev   -0 (0%)
ladimir Nabokov   -2 (3%)
yacheslav Rybakov   -0 (0%)
eo Tolstoy   -30 (44.8%)
sip Mandelstam   -0 (0%)
ther   -23 (34.3%)
Total Voters: 58

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« Reply #75 on: October 12, 2006, 07:24:01 AM »
Viktor Pelevin is favorite modern russian author. Buddha's Little Finger is something you should all read.

hmm Favorite ever? Who can escape the shadow of the mountain that is Mikhail Bulgakov? haha  Wink He is immaculate.
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« Reply #76 on: October 25, 2006, 05:31:43 PM »
     I would have to say that Nikolai Gogol is my second favorite author next to Dostoevsky. Although Dead Souls was never finished, it is safe to say that this is one of the premiere literary works of 19th century Russia. In addition, it is said that all of modern Russian literature emerged from Gogol's The Overcoat.
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« Reply #77 on: January 20, 2007, 10:28:21 AM »

go go Tolstoy !
Leo, you rock !

but
how comes
Anton Chekhov is not on a list ?
instead of him
the folksinger Alexander Bashlatchev is somehow on it

btw
Nabokov is an american writer

and
who the heck is Chirkov ?









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« Reply #78 on: January 21, 2007, 02:38:46 PM »
Do you know that Kiefer Sutherland (Jack Bauer on 24) recited a long quotation by Chekhov last night on a CNN interview about his show? I'm a great Chekhov fan and it was very uplifting to see a pop culture cinematic icon have the brains to refer to him.
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« Reply #79 on: January 21, 2007, 08:26:04 PM »
What show was that on? I am a huge fan of 24. Love seeing the terrorists lose.

I would love to hear Sutherland recite Anton Chekov.
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« Reply #80 on: January 22, 2007, 08:43:32 AM »
It was on Larry King's weekend show. He did it from the set of 24 with almost the entire cast. I only caught a few minutes, but Keifer impressed me, as he has done more and more recently, with his intelligence. Quite a cry from "Flatliners."
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« Reply #81 on: June 16, 2007, 12:27:38 AM »
Quote from: Mogwai on March 03, 2004, 01:14:03 PM
I like Alexander Solzhenitzyn (sp?).  Good stuff...
I love Solzhenitsyn, but as a historian, not a writer.

As far as Russian writers go, I really only know Chekhov.  Embarrassed He's very good, although it's disappointing that he never wrote a novel. I think, apart from Dostoevsky, I'm going to read Gogol next. I've heard very good things about him.
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« Reply #82 on: August 07, 2007, 07:43:24 PM »
Tolstoy.

By the way, why is Pushkin NOT in the list ??
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« Reply #83 on: August 07, 2007, 07:44:05 PM »
Quote from: tzar on January 20, 2007, 10:28:21 AM

go go Tolstoy !
Leo, you rock !

but
how comes
Anton Chekhov is not on a list ?
instead of him
the folksinger Alexander Bashlatchev is somehow on it

btw
Nabokov is an american writer

and
who the heck is Chirkov ?

Ja ja . Totally. Chejov .......  Wink Smiley









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« Reply #84 on: August 07, 2007, 07:44:38 PM »
Quote from: Pato on August 07, 2007, 07:44:05 PM
Quote from: tzar on January 20, 2007, 10:28:21 AM

go go Tolstoy !
Leo, you rock !

but
how comes
Anton Chekhov is not on a list ?
instead of him
the folksinger Alexander Bashlatchev is somehow on it

btw
Nabokov is an american writer

and
who the heck is Chirkov ?

Ja ja . Totally. Chejov .......  Wink Smiley









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« Reply #85 on: August 08, 2007, 08:25:15 PM »
I selected "other". Although I am not well-read in Russian literature, everything I've read is amazing in it's own right. I've read a few short stories by Anton Chekhov, Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Sons, and Dostoevsky's The Idiot. However, this is far outnumbered by the number of titles in my TBR pile of Russian Literature. The books that I have yet to read (that I own) include War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories, and most of Dostoevsky's works.
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« Reply #86 on: August 15, 2007, 06:08:57 PM »
Chekhov would be my second choice (the french translation is very good and I heard the same bout the german one)

But I also thing Bulgakov is a fantastic writer
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« Reply #87 on: August 28, 2007, 01:32:48 AM »






Bulgakov is a bit overestimated, imo
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« Reply #88 on: August 28, 2007, 02:36:27 AM »
 I loved Master & Margerita – but I admit his other writings are not as good.

What about Daniil Harms?

And that’s a very weird list.
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« Reply #89 on: December 10, 2007, 04:19:10 PM »
After further acquaintance (with Russian lit, that is), my favorite is Leo Tolstoy. Without a doubt.
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