Chronology Entry
Year
1956
Text
A, Ying. Eluosi he Sulian wen xue zai Zhongguo. (1956). [Russian and Soviet literature in China]. [38168].
During the years of the War of Resistance against Japan and the War of Liberation in the struggle in the enemy's rear, the important spiritual sustenance (jingshen shiliang) in terms of literature was the translated literature of the Soviet war of defence. The dozens of volumes of Soviet Literature and Art (Sulian wenyi) and some separately published books became reading material that no intellectual in the Eighth and the Fourth armies could do without. Among them, A. Tolstoy's They Fought for the Motherland [the author was actually Mikhail Sholokhov; 1943], Simonov's Days and Nights [1943–44], Fadeev's The Young Guard [1945], Gorbatov's The Undefeatable [1943], Leonov's The Invasion [a play, 1942] and Simonov's Russian People [a play, same year], had a great effect helping us, in the rear, to persevere and trust in victory. Every one of these works’ heroes stood next to us as if alive, lived in our hearts and as a model encouraged each of us. However, in the rear one often had to move, and as people only had a single knapsack and it was difficult to carry these works around, many comrades had no choice but to cut off the books' borders and even do away with their covers ; having reduced their weight, they could then march with them.
During the years of the War of Resistance against Japan and the War of Liberation in the struggle in the enemy's rear, the important spiritual sustenance (jingshen shiliang) in terms of literature was the translated literature of the Soviet war of defence. The dozens of volumes of Soviet Literature and Art (Sulian wenyi) and some separately published books became reading material that no intellectual in the Eighth and the Fourth armies could do without. Among them, A. Tolstoy's They Fought for the Motherland [the author was actually Mikhail Sholokhov; 1943], Simonov's Days and Nights [1943–44], Fadeev's The Young Guard [1945], Gorbatov's The Undefeatable [1943], Leonov's The Invasion [a play, 1942] and Simonov's Russian People [a play, same year], had a great effect helping us, in the rear, to persevere and trust in victory. Every one of these works’ heroes stood next to us as if alive, lived in our hearts and as a model encouraged each of us. However, in the rear one often had to move, and as people only had a single knapsack and it was difficult to carry these works around, many comrades had no choice but to cut off the books' borders and even do away with their covers ; having reduced their weight, they could then march with them.
Mentioned People (1)
A, Ying
(1900-1977) : Schriftsteller
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Russia : General
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 2010 | Gamsa, Mark. The reading of Russian literature of China : a moral example and manual of practice. (New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). (Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history). S. 106. | Publication / Gam2 |
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