Background
Fleishman, Lazar was born on May 15, 1944 in Ovrutch, Ukraine. Arrived in the United States, 1984. Son of Solomon and Pesja Fleishman.
( Boris Pasternak has generally been regarded as an arti...)
Boris Pasternak has generally been regarded as an artist who was indifferent to the literary and political storms of his time. Lazar Fleishman gives the great writer's life a new perspective. He shows that Pasternak's entire literary career should be regarded as a complex and passionate response to constant changes in Russian cultural and social life. Drawing on a vast array of sources, Fleishman's chronicle encompasses both the familiar and the little-known aspects of the poet's life and work. He describes the formative role played by Pasternak's father, a prominent Russian painter, and the intellectual endeavors of the young man before his literary debut. He explores the intricate relations of Pasternak to the main movements of literary modernism, including symbolism and futurism. Particularly informative are the chapters devoted to the postrevolutionary years. Fleishman untangles the poet's contacts with leading political figures (Stalin, Trotsky, Bukharin) and fellow writers (Gorky, Mayakovsky, Tsvetaeva, Akhmatova, Mandelshtam), and examines his changes in fortune during the purges and World War II. He shows how Pasternak was perceived by Western contemporaries and how significant their moral support was for him during the darkest years of Stalin's regime. He provides explanations for the Christian themes in Pasternak's later work, as well as the poet's peculiar view of Jewry. Finally, Fleishman recreates the vicissitudes of the publication of Doctor Zhivago and the ensuing Nobel Prize scandal in 1958. A fascinating description of the writer's career in broad context, this book will be welcomed by everyone interested in Pasternak and in twentieth-century literature.
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Fleishman, Lazar was born on May 15, 1944 in Ovrutch, Ukraine. Arrived in the United States, 1984. Son of Solomon and Pesja Fleishman.
Master of Arts, Latvian University, 1966.
From senior lecturer to associate professor departments Russian and comparative literature Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1974—1985. Professor Russian literature Slavic department Stanford (California) University, since 1985. Visiting professor Slavic department University California, Berkeley, 1978—1979, 1980—1981, 1999, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984, Yale University, New Haven, 1984.
Visiting professor Russian University for the Humanities, Moscow, 1998.
( Boris Pasternak has generally been regarded as an arti...)
Married Irina Strelnikova Fleishman, April 12, 1972 (divorced August 7, 1992). Children: Raphael, Ella. Married Ekaterina Kozitskaia Fleishman, October 16, 2002.
1 child Arnold.