The Life and Work of Vassily Aksyonov

Fall for the Book Event

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Harris Theater

Child of the gulag, exiled  from his homeland, the Russian writer touched the lives of 
Mason's students during the years he served here as a Robinson Professor. With changes 
in the political climate, he was able to return to Russia, where he was welcomed as a hero.  
His most popular novels, The Burn, The Island of Crimea, and Generations of Winter, have 
been republished continually, and sell out immediately throughout the Russian-speaking world.  
Many-times laureate, Aksyonov is considered one of the greatest Russian novelists of the 20th 
century.  Join a panel of writers and scholars who knew him and his work, and see what made him 
one of those who becomes a legend in his own time.
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