Anatoly Gladilin | |
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| Анато́лий Ти́хонович Глади́лин | |
 Gladilin in 2011 | |
| Born | (1935-08-21)21 August 1935 |
| Died | 24 October 2018(2018-10-24) (aged 83) |
| Citizenship | Soviet |
| Alma mater | Maxim Gorky Literature Institute (didn't complete) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, dissident |
| Known for | his participation inSoviet dissidents movement andstruggle against political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union |
| Movement | Soviet nonconformism |
| Awards | Pushkin Medal |
Anatoly Tikhonovich Gladilin (Russian:Анато́лий Ти́хонович Глади́лин,IPA:[ɐnɐˈtolʲɪjˈtʲixənəvʲɪdʑɡlɐˈdʲilʲɪn]ⓘ; 21 August 1935 — 24 October 2018[1]) was a Soviet and Russian writer who defected from the Soviet Union in 1976 and subsequently lived inParis.[2]
His “Chronicle of the Times of Viktor Podgursky,” published in the magazine “Yunost” at the end of 1956, had a great resonance. The writer was only 20 years old, and this alone already looked unusual for that time.[3] The story is written in the genre of “confessional prose” and examines the theme of anxiety and inner loneliness of a living and sincere person in a world of regulated values.
In his own words, he left the Literary Institute without finishing it, and did not know what to do next. But he unexpectedly received an invitation toMoskovskij Komsomolets to work as the head of the literature and art department[5].
In the sixties, Gladilin was considered a talented and promising young Soviet writer along withVasily Aksyonov. In 1964, he took part in writing the collective detective novelHe Who Laughs, published in the newspaper “Nedelya”.
Gladilin openlyopposed the trial ofAndrei Sinyavsky andYuli Daniel. The story “Forecast for Tomorrow,” written in 1972, was published only by the emigrant publishing house “Posev.”
In 1976, Anatoly Gladilin was forced to emigrate from the USSR with his wife and daughter on anIsraeli visa.
In Paris, Gladilin worked for theRadio Liberty and theDeutsche Welle. Among his published works in the West was a novel,FSSR: The French Soviet Socialist Republic — a tale of aCommunist coup in France.[4]
Gladilin was awarded theMedal of Pushkin in 2012.[5]
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