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SUMMARY:Soviet Novel vs Soviet Reality\, from Platonov to Aitmatov - Hamid
  Ismailov (Writer\, journalist\, BBC World Service writer-in-residence)
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CONTACT:Mel Bach
DESCRIPTION:"Born in an ancient city in what is now Kyrgyzstan\, Hamid Ism
 ailov is an Uzbek novelist and poet who was forced to leave his home in Ta
 shkent when his writing brought him to the attention of government officia
 ls. Under threat of arrest he moved to London and joined the BBC World Ser
 vice\, where he is now Head of the Central Asian Service.\n\n"Hamid is a p
 rolific writer of poetry and prose\, and his books have been published in 
 Uzbek\,... Russian\, French\, German\, Turkish and other languages – but
  his work is still banned in Uzbekistan. His novel The Railway (Желез
 ная дорога) was translated into English in 2006 and praised by cr
 itics as "a work of rare beauty"."--BBC website\n\nHamid Ismailov's lectur
 e at Cambridge will consider whether the Soviet novel in fact existed -- a
 nd if so\, in what form(s). One of Ismailov's reasons for writing the accl
 aimed 'Railway' was his feeling that the connection between Soviet reality
  and Soviet literature varied in different languages. He will explore Sovi
 et novels in non-Russian languages that addressed only the people who spok
 e them: Uzbeks\, Georgians\, Moldavans\, and more.\n\nPhoto from Hamid Ism
 ailov's official site\, http://www.hamidismailov.com/.
LOCATION:Latimer Room\, Clare College
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