The Story of a Drawing from Chukokkala Miscellany
- Authors: Anpilova L.N.
- Issue: Vol 26, No 1 (2021)
- Pages: 33-42
- Section: LITERARY CRITICISM
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2312-9220/article/view/318730
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-9220-2021-26-1-33-42
- ID: 318730
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A novel detailed analysis of a page from Chukokkala , Korney Chukovsky's handwritten miscellany with drawings by Yuri Annenkov, dated March 1923, is given. Involvement of archival sources makes up the history of the drawing creation. It turns out that Annenkov worked at the page of the miscellany and the portrait of Leo Trotsky at the same time. The analysis of the stylistic features of the drawing reconstructs the elements of the literary life of the 1920s. The study of the depicted persons clarifies the circle of friends and associates of prominent cultural figures of the first post-revolutionary decade. The article provides little-known biographical information about the characters depicted in the drawing. It specifies how Annenkov met Gorky's closest associate, the prominent public figure Albert Pinkevich. The author highlights little-known facts of friendship of A. Pinkevich, Boris Pilnyak, a Soviet writer, and the avant-garde artist Boris Shaposhnikov. The history of the creation of graphic portraits of Soviet writers made by Annenkov is considered. In conclusion, the page of the handwritten miscellany, and Chukokkala as a whole, are presented as a unique monument that captures the living passage of time.
About the authors
Larisa N. Anpilova
Author for correspondence.
Email: anpilova_ln@mail.ru
Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor, independent researcher
Stary Oskol, RussiaReferences
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