Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Alexander Herzen, Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé
Academic work
Era
20th century
School or tradition
Narodnism
Libertarian socialism
Aestheticism
Formalism
Institutions
Russian Free University
Sarah Lawrence College
Institute for Slavic Philology (La Sapienza University)
Main interests
Political theory, Russian studies, Russian literature, Comparative literature
Mark Lvovich Slonim (Russian: Марк Льво́вич Сло́ним, also known as Marc Slonim and Marco Slonim; March 23, 1894[1] – 1976) was a Russian politician, literary critic, scholar and translator. He was a lifelong member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, and, in 1917, served as its deputy for Bessarabia in the Russian Constituent Assembly. He joined the Samara Government during the early phases of the Civil War, opposing both the Bolsheviks and the conservative elements of the White movement. Assigned to his party's Foreign Delegation, Slonim lobbied unsuccessfully for the return of Bessarabia to Russia during the Paris Peace Conference. After a short stay in Tuscany, he settled in Czechoslovakia in 1922, an editor of Volya Rossii review.
Slonim, who was also an Italian-trained literary scholar, became Volya Rossii's literary theorist and columnist. From that vantage point, he gave encouraged the liberal-progressive and modernist side of the White émigré intellectuals. Slonim argued, against conservatives such as Zinaida Gippius, that the exiles needed to appreciate changes occurring in the Soviet Union and became one of the first popularizers of Soviet writers in the West. He was also one of the main backers (and an intimate friend) of poet Marina Tsvetaeva.
In 1928, convinced that Russian literature in exile was in fact dead, Slonim moved to Paris and, as an anti-fascist, opened up to Soviet patriotism. His 1930s contacts with the Union for Repatriation were particularly controversial. He escaped World War II and arrived to the United States aboard the SS Navemar, spending the 1940s and '50s as a teacher at Sarah Lawrence College. He continued to publish tracts and textbooks on Russian literary topics, familiarizing the American public with the major trends of Soviet poetry and fiction. He spent his final years in Geneva, where he translated Andrei Bely's Silver Dove and worked sporadically on his memoirs.
^(in Italian) Giuseppina Giuliano, "Mark L'vovič Slonim", Russi in Italia database entry
Mark Lvovich Slonim (Russian: Марк Льво́вич Сло́ним, also known as Marc Slonim and Marco Slonim; March 23, 1894 – 1976) was a Russian politician, literary...
Slonim (Belarusian: Слонім; Russian: Слоним; Lithuanian: Slanimas; Latvian: Sloņima; Polish: Słonim; Yiddish: סלאָנים) is a town in Grodno Region, in...
surname with a similar meaning is Slonim: Anthony Slonim: American author, physician and healthcare executive MarkSlonim: Russian politician, literary critic...
co-founded the British retail chain Marks & Spencer. Marks was born into a Polish Ashkenazi Jewish family in Słonim, in what was then the multinational...
President of the Russian Federation (2000–2008, 2012-present); (2008–2012) MarkSlonim - politician, literary critic, scholar, and translator Antanas Smetona...
actress. She had a wide range, but became best known as a tragic actress; MarkSlonim called her "an unusually talented interpreter of tragic parts, endowed...
night and met with a Jewish community leader, Eliezer Dan Slonim. Katinka said that Slonim was adamant that no protection was needed as he was on good...
Valentin Bulgakov, Alexander Kuprin, MarkSlonim, Sergey Varshavsky, Sergei Efron, Boris Zaytsev, Ivan Shmelyov, Mark Aldanov, Don-Aminado, Nadezhda Teffi...
Council of peasant deputies Vasiliy Rudyev Council of peasant deputies MarkSlonim (Socialist Revolutionary Party) Konstantin Sukhovykh (Socialist Revolutionary...
novelist and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright (died 1981) March 23 – MarkSlonim, Russian literary historian and critic (died 1976) April 6 – Elinor M...
October 12, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016. Mizoguchi, Karen and Jeffrey Slonim (May 17, 2016). "Surprise! Chicago Med Star Nick Gehlfuss Reveals Marriage...
Nathan This Thing Called Love (1955), a collection of stories edited by MarkSlonim and Harvey Breit The Writer Observed (1956), a collection of interviews...
Adults. Phoenix: Oryx Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-57356-066-5. Review by MarkSlonim in Slavic Review, Vol. 22, No. 2 (June 1963), pp. 374-375. "Alexander...
the Red Tsar (Random House, Inc., 2005: ISBN 1-4000-7678-1), p. 134. MarkSlonim, Russian Theater: From the Empire to the Soviets (New York: Collier,...
(1886–1921). and Sheveth Achim Anshe Slonim (1921–1974), the latter of whom called it Anshe Slonim Synagogue. By 1974, the Slonim community had dispersed, and...
Russia. In April, together with Krupensky and Schmidt, later followed by MarkSlonim and Mihail Savenco, Tsyganko had arrived in Paris. In its addresses to...
Alexander N. Krupensky, Alexandr K. Schmidt, Vladimir Tsyganko, and MarkSlonim. They circulated rumors of "unheard-of atrocities" committed by the Romanian...
Hungarian Congregation Ohab Zedek (1886–1921), the Orthodox Sheveth Achim Anshe Slonim Synagogue (1921–1974 and then abandoned), and then acquired by the government...
Kaplinsky's paternal grandparents were Jewish, originating from the town of Slonim (then part of Poland, now located in western Belarus), and emigrated to...
sizable minority of Litvaks belong(ed) to Hasidic groups, including Chabad, Slonim, Karlin-Stolin, Karlin (Pinsk), Lechovitch, Amdur and Koidanov. With the...
altercation and called the attackers "terrorists". 20-year old Finbarr Slonim, 20-year old Kai Russo, and 35-year old Caleb Perkins were arrested and...
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