Andrey Aldan-Semenov
Russian writer of Soviet prison camp literature
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| Intro | Russian writer of Soviet prison camp literature | |
| Places | Russia | |
| was | Writer | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 27 October 1908, Vyatka Governorate, Russian Empire | |
| Death | 8 December 1985Moscow, Russia (aged 77 years) |
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Biography
Andrey Ignatyevich Aldan-Semyonov (Russian: Андре́й Игна́тьевич Алда́н-Семёнов; 27 October 1908 – 8 December 1985) was a Russian writer, who was imprisoned in the Far Eastern Soviet gulag camps from 1938 to 1953. Along with Boris Dyakov and Yury Pilyar, he published his memoirs of gulag life as part of the second wave of Russian literature on the Soviet camp experience, after Georgy Shelest published his Kolyma Notes and Alexander Solzhenitsyn his One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
Literature
- Казак В. Лексикон русской литературы XX века = Lexikon der russischen Literatur ab 1917. — Москва: РИК Культура, 1996. ISBN 5-8334-0019-8