Between the public and the private: Svetlana Aleksievich interviews Ales' Adamovich. Translator’s preface
Document Type
Article
Department or Administrative Unit
World Languages
Publication Date
11-2017
Abstract
This is a transcript and translation of an interview recorded in 1986 by Svetlana Aleksievich with her literary mentor, Ales' Adamovich. The writers discuss Mikhail Gorbachev’s then-new perestroika policy, its potential for meaningful political change, and how both of them relate to the “new people” and “new times” perestroika brought with it. The interview is focused on Adamovich, who ruminates on important political events, including the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. The interview is a testament that documents the continuous dialogue in which the two Belarusian Soviet writers engaged for years as friends and collaborators. The interview also provides us with insight into the continuity between the Soviet and post-Soviet roles of the artist and public intellectual.
Recommended Citation
Isakava, Volha. “Between the Public and the Private: Svetlana Aleksievich Interviews Ales’ Adamovich. Translator’s Preface.” Canadian Slavonic Papers, vol. 59, no. 3–4, 2017, pp. 355–75. https://doi.org/10.1080/00085006.2017.1381875.
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Canadian Slavonic Papers
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© 2017 Canadian Association of Slavists
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