Б. Ш. ОКУДЖАВА В ПЕРИОДИКЕ ТРЕТЬЕЙ ВОЛНЫ ЭМИГРАЦИИ

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study materials on the work and life of B. Sh. Okudzhava, as well as all references to B. Sh. Okudzhava in the periodicals of the third wave of emigration – in three émigré journals, Time and Us (118 issues in total, 1975 (year of first issue) – 1992), Continent (74 issues in total, 1974 (year of first issue) – 1992), and Syntax (33 issues in total, 1978 (year of first issue) – 1992). To conduct the research, 225 issues of magazines of the Russian diaspora abroad were studied. Frontal sampling of information related to B. Sh. Okudzhava was done from the above mentioned issues. None of these magazines published B. Sh. Okudzhava's poetry or prose. The total number of publications mentioning Okudzhava is: Continent – 61, Time and Us – 31, Syntax – 17. It is worth mentioning that Okudzhava joined the editorial board of Continent in 1990 (No. 65) and left it in 1994 (starting with No. 84). The first mention of B. Sh. Okudzhava was in the Continent in 1975, in No. 5. Most of the references to B. Sh. Okudzhava in the articles are complimentary in nature. The image of B. Sh. Okudzhava formed in the periodicals of the third wave of emigration can be described as follows: a romantic poet, a historical novelist, generally deserving the highest ratings, actively influencing the development of «other» literature in the USSR, who enjoys great authority in public life despite compromises with the official structures.