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Friedberg Literary Culture (6525 words) |
 | Indeed, they were to be listed matter-of-factly among the masterpieces that Socialist Realism begot, as was the poetry of Mayakovsky as well as Furmanov's, Gladkov's and Fadeyev's novels, notwithstanding also the fact the Silent Don violates a number of the doctrine's central tenets as does also Mayakovksy's drama and verse. |
| But then, inconsistency and compromises mark many features of Soviet literary culture which over the years was often forced to adjust its rigidly enunciated theoretical principles and their enforcement to realities imposed by the book market. |
| Long the head of the Writers' Union, Fadeyev had in his time signed, in effect, many a death sentence of fellow authors. |
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Alexander Fadeyev information - Search.com (329 words) |
| Fadeyev was brought up in Chuguyevka, Primorsky Krai and took part in the guerilla movement against the Japanese interventionists and the White Army during the Russian Civil War. |
| Fadeyev was a champion of Joseph Stalin, proclaiming him "the greatest humanist the world has ever known". |
| Fadeyev married a famous stage actress, Angelina Stepanova (1905–2000). |
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