1st Edition

Jewish Women Writers in the Soviet Union

By Rina Lapidus Copyright 2012
248 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

This book presents the lives and works of eleven Jewish women authors who lived in the Soviet Union, and who wrote and published their works in Russian. The works include poems, novels, memoirs and other writing. The book provides an overview of the life of each author, an overview of each author’s literary output, and an assessment of each author’s often conflicted view of her "feminine self"... Read more

Introduction: Jewish Women Authors of the Soviet Union and the Present Study  1. Literature and Political Regime in Russia  2. Alexandra Brushtein (1884-1968): The Tears Behind the Smiles  3. Elizaveta Polonskaia (1890-1969): Concealed a Storm of Emotion  4. Raisa Bloch (1899-1943): A Genius Unaware of Her Talent  5. Hanna Levina (1900-1969): A Jewish Communist Fighter  6. Olga Ziv (1904-1963): An Unknown Jewish Author  7. Yulia Neiman (1907-1994): Brilliant Philosopher and Poetess  8. Rahil’ Baumwohl’ (1914-2000): The Joy of Creativity and Motherhood  9. Margarita Aliger (1915-1992): A Soviet Poetess Devoted to Stalin  10. Sarah Levina-Kul’neva (1920-?): Love Story in the Era of Stalinist Prosecutions  11. Sarah Pogreb (b. 1921): The History of Silence  12. Zinaida Mirkina (b. 1926): Suffering as a Path Toward Faith  Bibliography  Index

Biography

Rina Lapidus is an Associate Professor at Comparative Literature Department, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.