Grani articles submitted for publication, 1955-2002

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Summary

Abstract:
The collection contains novels, poems, and articles submitted for publication in literary, cultural, and political magazine Grani.
Extent:
13 manuscript boxes (3.2 Linear Feet)
Language:
Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Grani articles submitted for publication, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains novels, poems, and articles submitted by authors for publication in magazine Grani. related to political, social and economic conditions in the Soviet Union and post -Soviet Union. Records are arranged as originally received from the organization. genarally by Grani.

Biographical / historical:

Grani is a Russian émigré journal published by Narodno-trudovoĭ soiuz (National Alliance of Russian Solidarists, known by its Russian abbreviation "NTS") largest and most active political association of Russian émigrés in Western Germany. Grani first appeared in 1946. The aims which Grani set itself were to preserve and develop Russian literature, which under Stalin became a tool of the regime.

In the post-Stalin era, when there was a fresh breeze of relative freedom and possibly the suspicion of a thaw for the first time in quarter of century, Russian literature showed signs of rebirth. Unfortunately, the anticipated spring thaw never came. It was at this time that a trickle of manuscripts found their way to the West. These manuscripts later became known as "samizdat" (self-publication). ). Such literature was available only as handwritten or typewritten copies, distributed secretly among trusted people.

Grani opened its pages to this ever-increasing flow and published works by a number of prominent Russian authors. These included Boris Pasternak, Bella Akhmadulina, Georgiĭ Vladimov, Vladimir Voĭnovich, Evgenia Ginzburg, Aleksandr Galich, Bulat Okudzhava, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and Varlaam Shalamov.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2007.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Grani articles submitted for publication, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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