THE ACTIVITIES OF KARELIAN UNION OF SOVIET WRITERS IN THE 1930s Cover Image

ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТЬ СОЮЗА СОВЕТСКИХ ПИСАТЕЛЕЙ КАРЕЛИИ В 1930-е ГОДЫ
THE ACTIVITIES OF KARELIAN UNION OF SOVIET WRITERS IN THE 1930s

Author(s): Svetlana Nikolaevna Filimonchik
Subject(s): History
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: Karelian union of Soviet writers; literature; ideology

Summary/Abstract: The article for the first time discusses the activities of Karelian union of Soviet writers in close connection with the political andideological changes of the 1930s. In 1934–1936, some communists – political emigrants from America and Finland – formed thefoundation of the organization. In 1937–1939 the Union provided support of high-priority to the Karelians and the bearers of folkloretraditions who wrote in their mother tongue. At the beginning of the Second World War the crucial task of the Union was to forma group of skilled writers who knew the Finnish language. The author concludes that, despite the civic status of the organization, itacted in accordance with the hierarchical rules specific to a state institution.

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