The Disappearance of Ivan Bunin
5 hrs. 22 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Pierre-Louis Gagnon
Author
Pierre-Louis Gagnon
Narrator
Anatoly Petrov
Narrator
Anatoly Petrov
Description
In this book, the Canadian writer specializing in Russian literature, Pierre-Louis Gagnon, lifts the veil on some of the secrets connected with awarding the Nobel Prize to Ivan Bunin, who became the first laureate among Russian writers.
…There were two real contenders: Maxim Gorky, who supported Stalin, and Ivan Bunin, who emigrated after the October Revolution. Among supporters of each of them there were those willing to do a great deal to ensure victory for their candidate. At the center of the unfolding intrigue is Alexander Kollontay, the Soviet ambassador to Sweden. Following instructions from the Kremlin, she tries to make use of all her connections in political and literary circles in Sweden to tip the scales in favor of the proletarian writer. But influencing the Nobel Committee is not so easy, and its members prefer Ivan Bunin.
At the height of this positional struggle, the Russian exile living in the south of France suddenly disappears. Is it the work of the GPU and its agents from the Comintern, which fill all European capitals? A brewing scandal could cause irreparable damage to the prestige of the Nobel Prize…
For the 150th anniversary of Ivan Bunin’s birth.
…There were two real contenders: Maxim Gorky, who supported Stalin, and Ivan Bunin, who emigrated after the October Revolution. Among supporters of each of them there were those willing to do a great deal to ensure victory for their candidate. At the center of the unfolding intrigue is Alexander Kollontay, the Soviet ambassador to Sweden. Following instructions from the Kremlin, she tries to make use of all her connections in political and literary circles in Sweden to tip the scales in favor of the proletarian writer. But influencing the Nobel Committee is not so easy, and its members prefer Ivan Bunin.
At the height of this positional struggle, the Russian exile living in the south of France suddenly disappears. Is it the work of the GPU and its agents from the Comintern, which fill all European capitals? A brewing scandal could cause irreparable damage to the prestige of the Nobel Prize…
For the 150th anniversary of Ivan Bunin’s birth.
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