Top 10 Russian Authors of all time (and top 10 Russian Novels)

In this video I discuss top ten Russian authors. These novels are some of the best of Russian literature by 10 different novels.
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[@Fiction_Beast]

I managed to screw up the images of Lermontov and Gogol. It's Gogol, not Lermontov. Sorry about that! Thanks to Matias for noticing it.

[@DeadnWoon]

A very nice selection. Speaking of the shorter forms, take a look at the fictional writer Kozma Prutkov. And his 20th century colleague Daniil Kharms. Both represent the surreal side of the Russian literature.

[@Fiction_Beast]

@@DeadnWoon Awesome! Will check them out.

[@kylemiles448]

Thanks, please more

[@valentynastoyanova2973]

3:02 still portrait of Gogol in the corner when you talk about Lermontov.

[@coopaloopmex]

Haha, I had doubted myself at first, lol. But glad you caught it, it's all good! Wonderful video!

[@مقبرةالكتبالمنسية]

1. “ Eugene Onegin " by Aleksandr Pushkin. 2. " A Hero of Our Time " by Mikhail Lermontov. 3. " Dead Souls " by Nikolai Gogol. 4. " Oblomov " Ivan Goncharov . 5. " Fathers and Sons " by Ivan Turgenev. 6. " Crime and punishment " by Fyodor Dostoevsky. 7. " The Brothers Karamazov " by Fyodor Dostoevsky. 8. " Anna Karenina " by Leo Tolstoy. 9. " The Mother" by Maxim Gorky 10. " The Master and Margarita " by Mikhail Bulgakov. 11. " One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich " by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

[@jaye2491]

The Brothers Karamazov is my favourite novel, with Crime and Punishment coming in second. I'm definitely glad he mentioned both.

[@lynnware8810]

Where is Anton Chekhov? Maybe not included because he wrote short stories - not novels - and plays. I too love Russian literature. :-)

[@Fiction_Beast]

I have a dedicated video on Chekhov.

[@MrSyntheticSmile]

This is a great list. I will add ‘The Idiot’ and ‘The Insulted and The Humiliated’ by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and ‘Resurrection’ by Leo Tolstoy.

[@cwv811]

Actually, I wouldn't recommend you to read Solzhenitsyn in order to know the story of Soviet repressions. Instead, there are "Kolyma Tales" by Shalamov, which is more realistic and close to the truth

[@Yuri_N-me2vk]

As a person from Russian-speaking world (Belarus) who have studied Russian literature at school i find this a great introduction. You have done a really good job. I have read all the works mentioned and they are really great and wonderful!

[@pranil_ghadi]

You never let my expectations go down. That's the content I needed. Keep it up.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you! Good to know I got company.

[@макаронин-н4в]

I am from Russia. My favourite thing in this video is baground. Winter, forest, wild dogs. Have you imagine our country so? It is funny) P.S. My favourite Russian novels from this video: 1) hero of our time 2) dead souls 3) novels by Dostoevsky. I also can recommend you: 1) "ревизор" by Gogol (i don't know the inglish name of novel) 2) "we" by Zamyatin 3) other novels by Dostoevsky, such as "idiot" and "player". 4) and my all time favourite - "горе от ума" by Griboedov (i don't know the inglish name of novel)

[@Dimapolard]

Hi!! I'm from Sri Lanka. I love your videos. I have many of the books you mentioned in the video as Sinhala translations (Sri Lanka's official language and my mother tongue language) . Keep up the good work!! Good luck!!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@rubyparchment5523]

I recently read THE MASTER AND MARGARITA. The religious parts upset me deeply, but I got through them. Quite a book.

[@Fiction_Beast]

i agree with you on the religious part.

[@lucashilty1838]

@@Fiction_Beast and @rubyparchment5523 May I ask what aspect of the religious parts were upsetting?

[@luzsalas7583]

​@@lucashilty1838I'm curious too

[@ПОЧИНЮКУКУХУ]

The book just tells a story of Ieshua as an ordinary human being. The book is not religeous.

[@goodtitle686]

Authors mentioned in the video: 2:02 Pushkin 2:56 Lermontov 3:48 Gogol 4:45 Goneharov 5:47 Turgenev 6:44 Dostoevsky 7:52 Tolstoy 8:53 Gorky 9:51 Bulgakov 11:26 Solzhenitsyn

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks!

[@АрсенийА-ю4з]

But not Solzhenitsyn. It is no coincidence that the surname Solzhenitsyn comes from the Russian word "Lie", to lie"

[@ПОЧИНЮКУКУХУ]

@@АрсенийА-ю4з Please stop this Soviet sect nonsense. Solzhenitsyn is a master writer unlike multiple Soviet degenerates. His family name derives from "solozheniye". Russians that wear family names "Volkov" or "Zaitsev" are not wolves or hares as well. That shows your tribal level of consciousness.

[@ПОЧИНЮКУКУХУ]

@@Fiction_Beast Please block commies spreading lies and hate towards fighters with mass - murderers.

[@greensoldier2142]

​@@АрсенийА-ю4зreddit moment

[@ПОЧИНЮКУКУХУ]

I wonder why play writer Ostrovsky is so underrated in the West. He is absolutely a master drama creator like Shakespear, Ibsen or Wilde.

[@FilleSoleil-lt1lg]

Because some of his works are dangerous to capitalists.

[@ПОЧИНЮКУКУХУ]

@@FilleSoleil-lt1lg 🤮 commie

[@Dixis]

agree

[@tuhinpasha6151]

How the steel was tempered ❤❤

[@Lutsco]

Agreed! After the first drama I saw I fell in love with him forever ❤

[@BanjoBumbleBee]

Just started getting into Russian literature. This list is ideal! Thank you I don't know if it's just me but it feels cool being able to pronounce the authors names because they are so different from English

[@FilleSoleil-lt1lg]

For Gorky I highly recommend 'The life of Matvey Kozhemyakin'. I also recommend to read Sholokhov instead of Solzhenitsyn (you can try the last one but don't be surprised when you notice that it's not good - it's not you ;)

[@eduardocarbonellbelando6865]

War and Peace is an incredible novel.It has some flaws, like some parts when Tolstoy begins to philosophy too much .Although the descripton of the historical facts like a historian would do is one of the greatest things that this book has.I fell in love with War and Peace, with its plot ,characters, philosophy...Tolstoi is one of the best writers of all time and I strongly recommend reading The Death of Ivan Ilich, a very profund novel.That was the only novel that made me cry.Is so moving.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Yes the Death of Ivan Ilyich is a great novel. war and peace is a bit too daunting but I will read it for this channel though.

[@cynthiaolsen4084]

Thanks for the summary, I actually think Fydor D's "The Idiot" is one of his better works and worthy of mention. Cynthia

[@Sargent.Pierce]

Love Russian Literature. My first destination in 1992 was Yasnaya Polyana where I stayed for three days walking the steps that Levin walked through the fields. I visited Tolstoy's grave and met Tolstoy's grandson in the yard. I've now read War and Peace six or seven times, including some passages in Russian. I also recommend The First Circle and Cancer Ward by Solzhenitsyn. They are magnificent. Cancer Ward is a microcosm novel of the Soviet Union in which each character represents a certain segment in Soviet life. Chekhov is unmatched in quality. His short novel, The Steppe, is wonderful. It takes place in Ukraine in the area which is now being destroyed by the war.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Wow thank you for sharing your story.

[@Sargent.Pierce]

@@Fiction_Beast Thanks for your video interpretations of the novels. I enjoyed them a lot. I just bought a book of short stories by Chekhov and am now reading him again. By the way, I think Bazarov committed suicide. He intentionally exposed himself to typhus. He knew the risks, he didn't forget. After falling in love, I think he realized how empty his rational world was. There is the scene when he stuffs straw into his suitcase to fill the empty space. That tells us that our lives are empty without love.

[@nihilist6008]

@@Sargent.Pierce im looking for nihilistic russian literature, could you help me?

[@Sargent.Pierce]

@@nihilist6008 Don't know anything about that.

[@FilleSoleil-lt1lg]

​@@nihilist6008Fathers and sons by Turgenev. You may try find something by Dobrolyubov as well.

[@jawadsahil52]

The most important writer to me among the Russian Literature is Fyodor Dostoevsky ♥️ His keen observations and profound thoughts just loved ❤️

[@Fiction_Beast]

I have almost 10 videos on him. He’s great.

[@hansarnulfbusch9049]

Thank you, for many insightful videos about Russian litterature. They really helped me in reading and understanding Russian classics from the 19.century.

[@PlinkieT]

Fantastic, thank you for so many recommendations! We have recently found Russian literature and it is fast becoming an obsession :-)

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you! It's addictive.

[@DeadnWoon]

I don't want to sound somewhat overnationalistic, but I'd say that it is best to read Russian literature in Russian language. Because, certainly you get the context, the names, the geographical stuff better in the original language.

[@olgaotherstories8355]

Yes, me too

[@Srulio]

Very informed and sympathetic treatment of Russian literature. I think you should add Vasily Grossman to the list. "Life and Fate" and "Everything Flows" are quite awesome.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Great suggestions. I haven't read anything by Grossman so will check them out. Thank you!

[@rubyparchment5523]

More for my "To Read" list....

[@jonathano.7109]

I've read 'Life and Fate'. It certainly belongs in a list of greatest Russian novels.

[@Srulio]

@@jonathano.7109 The lesser know "Everything Flows" is a powerful retrospective look at Soviet Union in the early 1930's. This also flows so is not difficult to read. The inner story is more challenging. It is an honest and cathartic call out about the Mass Formation Psychosis of that time. This is going to resonate with the Covid-19 era.

[@jonathano.7109]

@@Srulio Thank you - I'll certainly check that out

[@alvarogarrido7313]

This video needs more attention, it´s amazing, thank u very much. My favourites authors are both Dostoievksi and Tolstoi, I think if you read them along they complement each other very well.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Leandro-ik2lx]

Loved the video. I live Russian classics and you introduced me to great books for my list.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Wonderful! Thank you so much for watching.

[@dohaaymoon4096]

You inspired me to read all of them thank you alot

[@Fiction_Beast]

That's gret to hear! Keen to know which you enjoyed the most.

[@dohaaymoon4096]

@@Fiction_Beast you are a real professional ... your editing style is sooo pleasing .. and your voice too ... thank you very very much .. u have to binge watch your channel ❤❤

[@Fiction_Beast]

That’s a really great thing to hear. Such a wonderful comment. Thank you.

[@nikkij4873]

What a stunningly sophisticated video. Much enjoyed!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@АрсенийА-ю4з]

Pushkin was the maternal great-grandson of the Arap. The granddaughter was his mother. And according to his father, he belongs to a well-born Russian old noble family.

[@dmitrijssitkovskis4110]

Some people say lately that Pushkin and Alexandre Dumas are one person 🤔

[@АрсенийА-ю4з]

@@dmitrijssitkovskis4110 Это полная чепуха. У Дюма дед был негром по отцовской линии

[@bughead5615]

I just discovered this channel. I love this.

[@Fiction_Beast]

That's great! Thank you :)

[@ManuLuck82]

Thanks a lot for this video about Russian Literature, you touched some names, authors "less known" (at least to the public, to the "ears") as well, well explained. Thanks again.

[@Fiction_Beast]

I'm really glad you enjoyed it.

[@sharontheodore8216]

I remember reading Oblomov many many years ago and although not much action takes place it was such

[@sharontheodore8216]

Sorry for the interruption. The novel was very funny and I still remember that only passion could bring him out of his state. Thanks very much.

[@Fiction_Beast]

A novel of laziness you’re right very little action happening. Thank you!

[@MyFloby]

I ve read them all except the last one. I love Russian litterature ❤. Thanks for sharing! 😃

[@Haru-qh2qz]

I've been interested in reading more Russian novelists, but I'm amazed at how little there are in my university's library. Wish I had a book friend I could borrow them from 😅

[@Fiction_Beast]

I;m surprised. Russian books are perhaps most readily available i thought.

[@dannylubovich3504]

Excellent resource! I use it with Russian students I teach on Skype.

[@hayatkaidi7889]

First, I want thank you for these priceless information you give us, Second, I become addicted to even the opening music😂 not only the content. I've learnt too many things in a short period of time thanks to your channel. By the way, my favorite writer is Dostoevsky too Thank-you so much ❤️🌹🌹🌹

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks a ton!

[@radiantchristina]

Great video! 💞. A good punch in the face...yes that is exactly how it feels to read Russian lit!

[@Fiction_Beast]

awesome. good to know that i am not the only one feeling punched by russian literature. in a good way, of course. :)

[@nikhilprem7998]

Crime and punishment😍😍

[@Fiction_Beast]

here is my summary: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3bIo3-XiLRjipo

[@greensoldier2142]

My personal recommendation is to read "Demons" by Dostoevsky and then "One Day of Ivan Denisovich". It creates a funny little continuity.

[@thisisveryannoying]

'Demons' is my favourite Dostoevsky novel. Another underrated Russian classic is Leskov, e.g. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk And Other Stories

[@FilleSoleil-lt1lg]

If you like Leskov, read his Panphalon. I also highly recommend Maxim Gorky - extremely underrated author as dangerous for capital ideology.

[@thisisveryannoying]

@@FilleSoleil-lt1lg I have not read that one (Pamphalon). Thank you for recommending. I have looked at the sample and it appears quite different in style to his other work. I would be curious to read it. I have read Gorky and would like to revisit.

[@elel2608]

I decided to learn Russian on the strength of the greatness of Russian literature. I need to read these great classics in Russian.

[@angelhuff1026]

I am an American who wrote a novel called Weak Love and Strong Love that has some Russian characters. One of the things that inspired me to write it was photos of past Russian ballet dancers. This next part is partly a joke: one problem with my book is that it is short, and I know Russian novels must be long, sad, and torturous, so please forgive me.

[@sukumarbhattacharya9837]

What about "And Quiet Flows the Don" ? Is not Mikhail Sholokhov a great writer ? Personally I am fond of Tolstoy, Chekhov, Sholokhov. Turgenev is also favorite.

[@FilleSoleil-lt1lg]

Of course, much better than Solzhenitsyn

[@khagenbharali9317]

I have found of very interesting on Russian novels.

[@aashish7689]

I've read Anna karenina and that in Russian while being in Russian Prison, I must say it is a good book.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Wow.

[@aashish7689]

@@Fiction_Beast also Quiet Flows the don.

[@stephaniecruvant9130]

Thank you. You are helping me navigate my forays into Russian Literature; I am curious about the "class consciousness/attitudes" reflected in 19th century Russian Literature.

[@Fiction_Beast]

That's an interesting question to look into.

[@rubyparchment5523]

Also on my "To Get" List: WE by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Is said to have influenced Orwell to pen 1984!

[@Fiction_Beast]

yes actually i read a while ago. I am gonna comapre the two, but also perhaps throw brave new world into the mix as well.

[@dmitrijssitkovskis4110]

Vladimir Mayakovsky and Sergey Esenin are a must read. But I don’t think that any translations will give you all the beauty and depth of their poetry.

[@user-is5vp2nv9s]

Amazing summary of greatness

[@pnyoder1]

You confused the portrait of Gogol and Lermontov!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Yes, a few people noticed it. Sposibo!

[@Dixis]

I like Demons by Dostoevsky a lot.Also you should read "the Lower Depths" by Gorky and "the Storm" by Ostrovsky, Ilf and Petrov writers are awesome if ou like J.K. Jerome

[@nomanvardag1]

I will add, The Life of Ivan Ilyich, in the list of great Russian novels.

[@Fiction_Beast]

You mean the death of Ivan …?

[@saudalghamdi1267]

Divine list… cool channel

[@КоляБочков-е8е]

На самом деле это только небольшая часть огромной русской литературы. Дело в том, что из за огромного количества литературных гениев на небольшой период, получилось так, что некоторых писателей недооценили, потому что они оказались в тени этих глыб. Почитайте Алексея Толстого "Князь Серебрянный", Николая Лескова "Очарованный странник", Владимира Короленко "дети подземелья". Вообще можно очень долго перечислять... Люблю русскую классику. А так же есть и современные мастера! Например: Пелевин или Акунин. In fact, this is only a small part of the vast Russian literature. The fact is that due to the huge number of literary geniuses for a short period, it turned out that some writers were underestimated because they found themselves in the shadow of these boulders. Read Alexei Tolstoy's "Prince Serebryany", Nikolai Leskov's "The Enchanted Wanderer", Vladimir Korolenko's "Children of the Dungeon". In general, it can take a very long time to list... I love Russian classics. And there are also modern craftsmen! For example: Pelevin or Akunin.

[@maureenleckie6216]

I enjoyed reading War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy-that I had to read it twice.

[@jackal9612]

3:03 it is actually the portret of Gogol not Lermontov

[@Fiction_Beast]

Yes

[@mallemehryar9965]

Background music is distracting. Lower volume will do. Thank you.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Apologies

[@rafaelabozic6589]

What about Platonov...?

[@teaandcakee]

So inspired to embark on a Russian epic!

[@Fiction_Beast]

That’s great to hear.

[@LeonardoJimenezHerrera]

Personally, I miss Belyj's Peterburg and Erofeev's Moskva-Petuški here but it's hard to say which novels on the list should be replaced by them.

[@Mhyllles]

I have a taste in books that shows how raw people can be at some point in their life---psychologically and sociologically. I just had to read russian literature books all along to sate my crave.

[@rubyparchment5523]

After a recent move (my last, I hope!), I found a copy of DEAD SOULS. Will read soon....

[@Fiction_Beast]

I loved dead souls.

[@manicfrida]

The portrait you’re showing while talking about Lermontov is that of Gogol.

[@Fiction_Beast]

a lot of people pointed it out. Thanks!

[@jennyrokeach523]

Spasiba, nice video

[@4u_lightningwolf]

gogol's overcoat is underrated

[@FunkyMink99]

Do you have any specific translations of these books you'd recommend? I've noticed the master of margarita had a couple options.

[@williamfrejer4034]

Where was Pasternak? Nabakov? Chekhov??? Maybe you should of made a top twenty. Dosh Vi Don ya

[@Fiction_Beast]

You're right, the list is too short.

[@bookluv6567]

I would like to read Anna Karenina!

[@marycarley]

Excellent!!!! Спасибо

[@Fiction_Beast]

Sposibo!

[@lovelyrai4778]

Thank you... I want to read" Lolita "

[@3SIDEGOOF]

11:20 Sylvester Stalin

[@zingingcutie8421]

Great video but Pushkin was a Ethiopian or 🇹🇩 native who was sold into ottoman slavery. Bought and adopted by Peter the great. Trained by the French and I believe the first black European general. He would have a turbulent court life after Peter the greats death before being resorted I believe by Elizabeth or Catherine the great. All according to the wonderful book by Simon sebag

[@vinayaklohani9632]

Wonderful.

[@derykmoorcroft6327]

During a lecture, an eminent Russian academic told we students: "Gorky was a most interesting man, far more interesting than his books". Gorky's work I find heavy and grey. I like lively, worldly novels, preferably with some sex in them. That is why my favourite is The Master and Margartia.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Gorky was associated with the revolutionaries, thus he wasn't appreciated in the west so much. He was deeply passionate about the Russian working class.

[@FilleSoleil-lt1lg]

​@@Fiction_Beast he has a development of his caracter in his works. If you read 'Life of Matvey Kozhemyakin', 'Life of Klim Samgin' and 'Mother' one by one, you will get why the revolution happened in Russia.

[@FilleSoleil-lt1lg]

Gorky is a really deep author, much ahead of his ancestors. When I was younger I also didn't like his darkness, but now I see how much hope and love, and belief in a Human he had.

[@antoninat6636]

Spasibo Vam! Would you consider adding Nabokov to your list?

[@Fiction_Beast]

Yes sure

[@CrazyNyx228]

Дружище

[@tahiranawaz2987]

Novels by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

[@gr6362]

Who thinks the illustration of Stalin looks like Sylvester Stallone.

[@JaneDoe-bl7rq]

Totally

[@ШэйПатрикКормак-д8е]

Давно ли Лермонтов стал Гоголем на картинке???

[@guy_bello]

I hope Brother's Karamazov is there this time☺️

[@Fiction_Beast]

well......you never know. It's there but just about...?

[@guy_bello]

Yeah just saw, great video man, I've added Oblomov, Anna Karenina, and The master and Magarita to my TBR, thanks.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Great!

[@guy_bello]

@@nomitaparwani3725 that's really cool, I'm excited to read it as well soon

[@Fiction_Beast]

Congratulations! Your comment on this video has won you a book so please send me a message on instagram DM or twitter telling me your choice from my stack of Russian books (picture at the end of the video) and also send me your address. I will try to send it as soon as possible.

[@Harriet1822]

Read everything by Solzhenitsyn. Read Solzhenitsyn, (ed.) _From Under the Rubble_ Read Vassily Grossman, _Life and Fate_.

[@doom_slaya]

about Russian writers: it would be interesting to see a video about Daniil Kharms.

[@Fiction_Beast]

First time I’m hearing his name. Is he contemporary?

[@doom_slaya]

@@Fiction_Beast no, this is a writer from the early USSR, he died in 1942. he is a genius of absurd humor and surrealism.

[@zachhelfand7771]

Thank you

[@jaydorota3625]

I'm particularly interested of Dostoevsky, and Chekhov works. .If you have it, you read it. . .

[@Fiction_Beast]

I should read more Chekhov.

[@ravindratiwari6001]

Is missing Nikolay astro vaskay

[@zxaddictxz]

Clever commentary but somewhat perfunctory summaries, especially those of Turgenev's Fathers and Sons and Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Bazarov returns from Europe and clashes with HIS father? Really? Is it the main story? Or take another summary: Anna Karenina, "a married woman who has an affair with a rich man". If Vronsky's wealth has to be mentioned, then perhaps it is worth mentioning that Anna was rich too. At least this "summary" won't make Anna look like a gold-digger.

[@Fiction_Beast]

My full summary of Fathers and Sons: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZmVpmt_q7V8eaM Anna Karenina: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHynfGhjgL53rNk

[@jitinninan5932]

You missed Boris Pasternak and Vladimir Nabokov.

[@dmitrijssitkovskis4110]

Doctor Zhivago and Lolita. The best translation of Shakespeare to Russian was made by Boris Pasternak.

[@kuroikenshi334]

Nice video

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks

[@talhaabdullah2859]

Give me the first love book

[@emre-jm1lg]

Hope I am lucky vert good video 😊

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you! Fingers crossed.

[@jaydorota3625]

Yeah, I think "war and peace" is a massive read. . from Leo Tolstoy. .

[@Fiction_Beast]

It’s a brick.

[@maxim.j22]

3:01 - it's not Lermontov, it's Gogol

[@Fiction_Beast]

Yes

[@jackarnon5483]

Where is Vasily Gross man’s novel Life and Fate? I was disappointed by its omission, it’s as if the Russian experience during WW2 doesn’t matter.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Good call. I should read more 20th century Russian literature. I'm a bit too wrapped up the 19th century.

[@ДушныйЩет]

1839 "A Hero of our Time" Lermontov Gogol: hehehe

[@Fiction_Beast]

I have been corrected

[@ДушныйЩет]

@@Fiction_Beast 👀

[@ДушныйЩет]

@@Fiction_Beast Извини, я не видел, просто шутка😁

[@davehasenford3985]

Crime and punishment

[@gustavtejlgaardpedersen5953]

👏👏

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you!

[@yugalaggarwal2829]

Dostoevsky❤❤❤❤❤

[@nathelondon3719]

Where were Paul von Heyse 1910) Henri Bergson (1927) Boris Pasternak (1958) Shmuel Agnon (1966) Nelly Sachs (1966) Saul Bellow (1976) Isaac Bashevis Singer (1978) Elias Canetti (1981) Joseph Brodsky (1987) Nadine Gordimer (1991) Imre Kertész 2002) Elfriede Jelinek 2004) Harold Pinter 2005) Patrick Modiano (2014) Bob Dylan 2016) Louise Glück 2020)

[@Fiction_Beast]

Are they Russians?

[@nathelondon3719]

@@Fiction_Beast Brodsky born in St. Petersburg. Pasternak born Moscow, Mandelshtam in Warsaw, Congress Poland part of Russian Empire, Agnon in Buchach Ukraine then part of Russian Empire, Singer in Leoncin so yes they were Russian or if you say they weren’t then make a video on Yiddish writers or Jewish writers

Why did Gogol not eat for 9 days and died ? Because of his homosexuality which is still an ongoing ' evil ' in Russia. He was a tortured soul and eventually became a dead one.

[@maldoso76]

Dr Zhivago? No?

[@Fiction_Beast]

good call.

[@asmitmeshram5571]

War and Peace...

[@Fiction_Beast]

That's an excellent choice but i went for his other novel.

[@fabriciodealbuquerque9424]

I read war and peace two times and I can’t understand why someone consciently don’t want to read it 😢 also read Ann k and don’t agreed with your 500 pages long commentary 😅

[@fabriciodealbuquerque9424]

I’m from Rio

[@gideoneldescanzo1149]

Juan Tamad = Lazy Boy

[@catscratchfever7540]

Hi, really enjoyed your video, you obviously have put a lot of work into your research, but you are wrong about women and the gulags. Women most certainly were sent to the gulags and there have even been books and films on this very subject. Please do research on "Women of the Gulags".

[@Fiction_Beast]

Yes, there were women too. The gulag inmates were about 10-15% women, and with 85-90% men.

[@catscratchfever7540]

@@Fiction_Beast Hi, years ago i read a book that was based on the experiences of a man who was member of one of Russia's ethnic minorities and he was sent to a Gulag to work as an accountant, one of the memorable descriptions was of the well groomed city women who were brought to the camp one day, he was told their crime was being late for their work and they were known as "the late comers" he then described how he saw them a month after their arrival and how unrecognisable "The Late Comers" had become I wish I could remember the title or name of the author, it was a short but very moving book, you might find " A Sparrow in the Snow" by Sylva Darel is worth a read!

[@Lorkhanable]

I wanted to like Master and Margarita, but it was too boring for me. And that's coming from someone who loved War and Peace.

[@mityakosyakov]

If you want a TRUE insight of Stalin's GULAG, you should read not the sugar-baby Solzhenitsyn but Varlaam Shalamov. He suffered it to the very bottom. I never red anything more horrifying.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks for the recommendation. I will check him out.

[@LunaVinterActor]

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[@abhishekgs]

Sir for Alexander Solzhenitsyn , the novel is more about dignity and self respect. The harsh conditions in the Siberia made him to write the novel.

[@FilleSoleil-lt1lg]

His thurst for glory made him write that while he was the person who worked himself on the camp bosses informing them of everyone.