Academic literature on the topic 'Union Literary Institute'

This article examines the history and the achievements of the Sino-Soviet art exchanges from 1920 to 1966. A special role plays the Institute named after I.E. Repin as a link in art education, exchanges and other literary and artistic activities.

In an interview with the magazine “Two centuries of the Russian classics” director of the branch of the Institute of Literary Criticism of Janka Kupala of the Center for the Study of Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Ivan Vasilyevich Saverchenko talks about the ongoing cooperation of his Institute with the IWL RAS since 2015, connected with the study of literary and cultural relationships between Russians and Belarusians in the 19th and 20th centuries. Ivan Saverchenko shows the uniqueness of the project, which, on the basis of archival and rare materials introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, makes it possible to recreate the entire historical panorama of national interconnections in its original form. In the interview, it is reported about the funds and archives investigated by scientists, about unique documents found in the process of work, about the personalities of writers, cultural and public figures, whose work was of great importance for the creative interaction of Russian and Belarusian peoples. Particular attention is paid to the presentation of joint collective monographs, scientific articles based on research materials, international scientific forums, conferences, round tables and scientific and practical seminars.

The article examines a specific episode in the history of the literary process in the 1920s-1930s – A.M. Gorky’s participation in the activities of the Russian Association of Proletarian Writers. In the autumn of 1931, work began on the “History of factories and plants” – the main common cause of the writer and the organization. Within the framework of the project “Maxim Gorky and the grassroots literary movement”, it became possible to study the sources stored in the fund of the Moscow Association of Proletarian Writers (A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences). Reports, transcripts of meetings of the literature groups at factories, district committees of the CPSU (The Communist Party of the Soviet Union), RAPW and MAPW members reflected the involvement of the grassroots literary movement in the work on the “History of factories and plants”. The writer’s epistolary legacy and published documents supplemented archival sources, which allowed reconstructing the actors’ communicative ties with Gorky. The structure of interaction was formed according to he–they scheme. Where he is Gorky, and where they are RAPW, MAPW, literary groups at factories, representatives of the association’s board, grassroots authors – participants in Gorky’s publishing project. The writer broke the classical vertical hierarchical structure of the actor’s interaction. Therefore, a new communication system, parallel to the main one, emerged, headed by the formative institution – Gorky. In this way “History of factories and plants” writing teams were able to expand their creative activities. The literary groups of the MAPW at the factories managed to continue their work until 1933, after the liquidation of the RAPW in the spring of 1932, when the affairs of grassroots literary organizations were transferred to the Organizing Committee of the Union of Soviet Writers.

The article is dedicated to the 75-years-old jubilee of a well-known literary critic, translator, educationalist, Doctor hab. of Philological Sciences, Professor Mykola Zymomrya. The article reflects the main milestones of his life and career. Mykola Zymomrya was born in 1946 in Holatyn in Ukraine. Main directions of activity: German studies, Slavic studies, contrastive literary studies, theory of literature, translation studies. Professional career: finished secondary school in Holatyn and graduated from Uzhhorod State University (Departments of Ukrainian and German Philology). After graduating from the Faculty of Foreign Languages (1967) was a teacher of the German language and literature at the Department of German Philology; a doctorate (1969–1972) at Humboldt University of Berlin where his doctoral thesis was written on the topic “Reception of Ukrainian literature in German-speaking countries from its sources until 1917. To the history of Russian-Ukrainian-German mutual literary relations“ (1972). His doctoral dissertation on the topic „International relations and the role of translation in the creative process” was written in the Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow and was defended in 1984. Academic titles: assistant professor (1976); professor (1987). Head of the Department of German Philology (1974–1979); scientific worker at the Gorky Institute of World Literature (1980–1982); head of the Department of Foreign Languages at Uzhhorod State University (1986–1993); professor at Higher Pedagogical School in Słupsk (1993–1995); professor at Transcarpathian Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education (1996–2002); professor at Baltic High School of Human Sciences in Koszalin (1997–2002); professor at Polonia University in Czestochowa (2002–2012); professor at Drohobych State Pedagogical University of Ivan Franko (since 2000), head of the Department of Theory and Practice of Translation (2003–2010), head of Germanic Languages and Translation Studies Department (since 2010). Over 1000 scientific articles have been published (1970–2021) on issues in literature studies and criticism in newspapers, periodical publications, thematic collections, monographic publications, including in Polish. Membership in associations and organisations: Member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (1980), Member of the National Writers’ Union of Ukraine (2008), Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine in Kyiv (2008), Head of the Commission for Cooperation with Polonia Scientific Societies in Ukraine, USA, European Union and Baltic Countries (2010). Prior awards: state award “Honours in Education in Ukraine” (1996), Honorary Distinction “Deserved for Koszalin Voivodeship” (1998), Award of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “For outstanding learning achievements” (2009), award of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine “K.D. Ushynski” (2011), award of the Academy of Higher School of Ukraine “Yaroslav Mudry” (2011), Honoured Scientist and Technician of Ukraine (2017).

During his travel to the Soviet Union (November 4, 1927 — January 13, 1928) and on his return to the USA Theodore Dreiser was keeping in touch and dealing with Soviet literary institutions, periodicals and his Russian acquaints — publishers, editors, critics, etc. Ruth Epperson Kennell (1889 –1977) played an important role in making and maintaining these contacts in late 1920s-early 1930s. Ruth Kennell, who spent almost ten years in the Soviet Union, was a reference librarian (1925 –1927) in the Comintern Library in Moscow. On November 4, 1927 she got acquainted with Dreiser and was hired by him to serve as his secretary and guide as he toured the Soviet Union. Her role as a “Russian secretary”, personal assistant and friend is depicted in Dreiser’s Russian Diary and Kennell’s memoir Theodore Dreiser and the Soviet Union (1969) as well as in their correspondence that lasted till Dreiser’s death. Kennell continued to take part in Dreiser’s life and creative work in the USA, especially during the years that immediately followed their return from the USSR. The paper dwells at some length on Kennell’s biography, her role in publishing Dreiser’s work in the Soviet Union and USA, her work as an editor, critic and reviewer. Kennel had a long and varied writing career, and Dreiser helped her to start write and publish fiction. Their correspondence portrays Dreiser as a patron taking care of a young author and promoting her work. Kennell’s letters to Dreiser (1928 –1929) stored in the Manusсript Division of A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature are published in the addendum together with the Russian translation of several Dreiser’s letters to Kennell included in Theodore Dreiser: Letters to Women. New Letters (2009).

The article examines an underexplored episode of the Brazilian history in the context of the Cold War: the role of the Hudson Institute in South America and the proposal to create a large lacustrine system in the Amazon domains. From the analysis of official documents and literary registers, some of them little-known from the public, we attempted to identify the existence of a relationship between the aforementioned project and the Cold War systemic agenda and, also, the role of Brazil in this paradigmatic moment of the contemporary history. Evidences did not allow us to point out a clear connection between the Amazon Great Lakes Project and the dynamics of the United States-Soviet Union political disputes, even though they have shown that such an enterprise, if carried out, could make the Hylea a low-cost arena for the achievement of U.S. interests in the Cold War's game of power.

At the beginning of the 18th century, the Institute of Copyright and Intellectual Property protection was established as a state regulation system of relations in the field of competition in the market and control of the distribution of legal, literary content in the form of physical media. After the spread of the IT products, including the popularization of the Internet, various online platforms appeared platforms through which authors and owners of intellectual property results can post their works to obtain material benefits and advertise the product. Internet "piracy" causes severe damage to the economic condition of the authors, for example, in the form of lost profits. The main document that regulates the issue of responsibility of online platforms is the Copyright Law Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 April 2019 or, in other words, the Digital Single Market Directive. The European Union strives to protect its users as much as possible by developing recommendations and adopting legislative acts.

In her relation Grażyna Pytlak recounts how she got engaged in opposition activities. Already in 1976 she started cooperation with the Workers’ Defence Committee, the result of which was, among others, the distribution of illegal books and press in Gorzów. Moreover, Grażyna Pytlak took part in the meetings of Academic Chaplaincy organized by Rev. Witold Andrzejewski. Simultaneously with the creation of the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union ‘Solidarity’ she started working in union press, including most importantly ‘Solidarność Gorzowska’, where she fulfilled a function of editor-in-chief. On December 13, 1981 she was interned. After being released in March 1982, not paying attention to her poor health, she renewed contacts with underground structures of ‘Solidarity’. She continued to write for the underground press. Her texts were published, among others, in the periodical of the Regional Executive Commission entitled ‘Feniks’. However, she was not limiting herself to opposition circles in Gorzów. She was in contact with Jerzy Giedroyc’ Literary Institute ‘Kultura’ in Maisons-Laffitte. She was also meeting people connected to ‘Tygodnik Powszechny’. Her opposition activities came at a price of ruined health as well as numerous frisks. Although she often wondered if it is worth putting herself and her loved ones at risk, she never hesitated. She has become for many the symbol of the underground press in Gorzów as well as the whole Gorzów opposition.

In the history of the Ukrainian press, there are still a lot of little-studied or completely unknown individuals who took an active part in sociopolitical, literary-artistic, sports life. Through the printed word, they sought to enlighten society and assist it in choosing life values. All these individuals, who at a certain historical point tried to convey to ordinary readers as much essential information as possible about the life of the Ukrainian people, deserve to become known among all those interested in the history of our country. Thus, in the proposed article, based on reference and press publications, the biography of the obscure Ukrainian journalist, editor, literary critic, public, and sports figure Mykola Masiukevych is reconstructed, who spent most of his life in exile but continued to collaborate with Ukrainian periodicals. The periodicals in which he was published or collaborated have been studied and documented, including such periodicals as «Studentskyi Vistnyk» (Prague, 1923–1931), «Rozbudova Natsii» (Prague, 1928–1934), «Ukrainskyi Sokil» (Prague, 1934–1937), and the Lviv newspaper «Novyi Chas» (1923–1939), where he briefly served as a foreign correspondent. The topics of this author’s publications, as well as the cryptonyms he may have used, have been determined. Keywords: Mykola Masіukevich, Central Union of Ukrainian Students, Ukrainian Scientific Institute in Berlin, «Studentskyi Vistnyk», «Rozbudova Natsii», «Novyi Chas», the history of the Ukrainian press.

Abstract Article 24 of the Covenant stipulates that all International Bureaux, which have been or shall be subsequently constituted by general treaties, shall be placed under the direction of the League of Nations, subject, however, to the consent of the Parties in the case of Bureaux created before the coming into force of the Covenant. There are more than 30 International Bureaux. Among the most important may be mentioned: the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome, the Bureau for the Protection of Literary and Industrial Rights, the Universal Telegraphic Union and the Universal Wireless Union-the three last-named being at Berne, and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures at Saint-Cloud (near Paris). Some of the others are little known and have a very limited sphere of action, e.g., the International Association of Seismology at Strasbourg, and the International Geodetic Association at Potsdam. As is pointed out in the Secretary-General’s Memorandum none of these Bureaux has yet expressed a desire to take advantage of the provisions of Article 24. With regard to Bureaux already established, as a result of general Conventions, there is no doubt that they can only be placed under the direction of the League provided that the consent of all signatories of the general Convention which created them is obtained. The Covenant is absolutely definite on this point.

This article analyses the history of stage-by-stage development of Russian professional organizations of drama writers in the 19th and 20th centuries. The focus is on the dynamic relationship of their creative pursuit, the finance and law conditions of their existence, and the ideological vector inside these organizations since the 1917-pre-revolutionary period until the establishment of the Vserosskomdram. The demand for protecting their copyright rights urged the drama writers to build a professional community, with the Moscow Society of Drama Writers and Composers and the Union of Drama in St. Petersburg as its two acclaimed centers. In the post-revolutionary period, both organizations have become grounds for implementing the Soviet copyright law, discussing the creative goals and targets for the Soviet drama writers, and fighting for the ideological superiority. The article deals with the conflict between “two capitals,” which reflects the spirit of literary institutions in the period of NEP. The research presented is based on the archive materials from the Department of Manuscripts of A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, The Russian State Archive of Literature and Arts, etc.