«No 9 : 13 August 1969» TWELVE ITEMS 1. Alexander Tvardovsky "By Right of Memory" This is a lyrical narrative poem, some parts of which were published in the Novy Mir monthly. The full text of the poem was set up and printed, but the censor removed it from the page proofs. * 2. Seven letters … Continue reading Samizdat update, August 1969 (9.9)
«No 10 : 31 October 1969» TWENTY-FOUR ITEMS [1] On 13 June the poet Ivan Sokulsky, who is about 30 years old, was arrested in Dnepropetrovsk (southeast Ukraine). He had earlier been dismissed from his job and expelled from Dnepropetrovsk University where he was in his fifth year (CCE 7.12 [9]). After this he worked … Continue reading News in brief, October 1969 (10.15)
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