Abstract
The article examines the role of the Writers’ Union of the USSR and the country’s individual authors in the organization of the World Youth Festival in Moscow in 1957. The forum helped rekindle the literary connections and reestablish contacts with European and American writers which had been severed in the late 1930s. Besides, young writers from Africa, Asia and South America were able to visit the festival. This forum was a highly significant international event which grasped the attention of the writers from most Soviet republics and autonomous regions. Until now, this aspect has not been discussed neither in Russia nor abroad. The author provides a rich compendium of materials from the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, some of which are in print for the first time.
Highlights
The article examines the role of the Writers' Union of the USSR
American writers which had been severed in the late 1930s
highly significant international event which grasped the attention of the writers from most Soviet republics
Summary
Статья посвящена исследованию роли Союза писателей СССР и советских литераторов при подготовке и проведении Всемирного фестиваля молодежи в Москве в 1957 году. Всемирный фестиваль, Союз писателей СССР, молодые литераторы, западные литераторы, венгерский кризис, 1957 год. До начала проведения Всемирного фестиваля молодежи было решено провести Всесоюзный фестиваль. Уже после окончания фестивалей об этом подробно говорилось на совещании представителей литобъединений Москвы и Области с руководством московской писательской организации [Стенограмма совещания...
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