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Andrey Platonov (1899–1951)

Autor(a) de The Foundation Pit

129+ Works 2,314 Membros 42 Críticas 16 Favorited

About the Author

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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
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Obras por Andrey Platonov

The Foundation Pit (1975) 777 exemplares
Soul: And Other Stories (2008) 295 exemplares
Chevengur (1929) 265 exemplares
Happy Moscow (1991) 144 exemplares
Soul (1934) 110 exemplares
Happy Moscow (1628) 90 exemplares
The return and other stories (1999) 36 exemplares
De zee der jeugd (1931) 29 exemplares
Verhalen (2019) 28 exemplares
De stad Gradov (1971) 26 exemplares
The portable Platonov (1999) 13 exemplares
Collected works (1978) 13 exemplares
Een meester in wording (1987) 12 exemplares
La Patria de La Electricidad (1999) 11 exemplares
3 x Platonov (2011) 9 exemplares
Dönüş (2009) 8 exemplares
Finist: The Falcon Prince (1973) 6 exemplares
Cukur (2017) 4 exemplares
Izbrannoe (1988) 3 exemplares
Dzhan (La principal) (2018) 3 exemplares
Don Quijote i revolutionen (1929) 3 exemplares
Der makedonische Offizier (2021) 3 exemplares
Moscú feliz (2021) 3 exemplares
Mødre og sønner (1979) 3 exemplares
La zanja (2019) 3 exemplares
La zanja (2019) 3 exemplares
Tajanstveni čovek (2009) 3 exemplares
Le Chemin de l'Ether (1990) 3 exemplares
À l'avance (1931) 3 exemplares
Monttu ; Juveniilimeri (1989) 3 exemplares
Müllwind - Erzählungen 1 (1987) 2 exemplares
Nel grande cantiere 2 exemplares
Contes de ma patrie (1945) 2 exemplares
Избранное 2 exemplares
אנשי שאר רוח (2008) 2 exemplares
Fro and Other Stories (1975) 2 exemplares
Vzyskanie pogibshikh (2010) 2 exemplares
Dół (2017) 2 exemplares
Wykop (2017) 2 exemplares
Erzählungen. (1999) 2 exemplares
Antiseksus (1986) 2 exemplares
The Potudan River 2 exemplares
プラトーノフ作品集 (岩波文庫) (1992) — Autor — 2 exemplares
Vusmus : [muinasjutud] (2006) 1 exemplar
ポトゥダニ川 1 exemplar
白い汽船――ソヴェト作品集 — Autor — 1 exemplar
Utwory wybrane 1 exemplar
" Masterskai͡a". 1 exemplar
Fro 1 exemplar
Von der Feuerstätte bis zum Reaktor — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar
Sochineniia (2004) 1 exemplar
Tchevengur 1 exemplar
The River Potudan 1 exemplar
Sharmanka (1975) 1 exemplar
The Foudation Pit 1 exemplar
Csevengur 1 exemplar
Sobranie 1 exemplar
O zlé carevně 1 exemplar
O hloupém Ivanovi 1 exemplar
Povesti i rasskazy (1988) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Portable Twentieth Century Russian Reader (1985) — Contribuidor — 392 exemplares
Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida (2005) — Contribuidor — 223 exemplares
Granta 64: Russia the Wild East (1998) — Contribuidor — 161 exemplares
Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov (2012) — Contribuidor — 152 exemplares
The Red Thread: Twenty Years of NYRB Classics: A Selection (2019) — Contribuidor — 57 exemplares
Red Star Tales: A Century of Russian and Soviet Science Fiction (2015) — Contribuidor — 31 exemplares
Der Irrtum. Russische Erzählungen. (1999) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Russland das große Lesebuch (2017) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
The Eagle — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar
世界短編名作選〈ソビエト編〉 (1978年) (1978) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Eureka: Poetry and criticism, December 1974, vol.6 no.14 (1974) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
篝火創刊号 (2014) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Klimentov, Andrej Platonovitsj
Outros nomes
Платонов, Андрей Платонович (pseud.)
Platonow, Andrej (pseud.)
Data de nascimento
1899-08-28
Data de falecimento
1951-01-05
Localização do túmulo
Armenian Cemetery, Moscow, Russia
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Rusland
Local de nascimento
Voronezh, Russian Empire
Local de falecimento
Moscow, Russia, USSR
Locais de residência
Voronezh, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Educação
Voronezh Polytechnic Institute
Ocupações
journalist
writer
engineer

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He was married to Maria Aleksandrova Kashintseva, with one son, Platon, and one daughter, Maria.

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As far as short stories go, this was... fine? Not really memorable in my opinion, but definitely fine. It gave me some things to think about I guess? It was a little bit weird, I wouldn't mind reading more by Platonov but wouldn't go out of my way.
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ZetaRiemann | Apr 4, 2024 |
This one was slightly more memorable than "The River Potudan," but it wasn't better. I didn't enjoy it more or anything but the kids running after the train and the whole thing with the son acting like an adult and stuff... I feel like I'm more likely to remember it, but actually I don't think that makes a huge difference in my opinion compared to the one before (this takes place after River Potudan) and it was still kind of meh to me. There is some interesting stuff going on though I guess… (mais)
½
 
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ZetaRiemann | 1 outra crítica | Apr 4, 2024 |
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 outras críticas | 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?… (mais)
 
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siok | 2 outras críticas | Dec 24, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
129
Also by
16
Membros
2,314
Popularidade
#11,097
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
42
ISBN
206
Línguas
20
Marcado como favorito
16

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