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.