Аннотация: Kurbatov and others. Did you invite the writer? The essay.
Kurbatov and others. Did you invite the writer? The essay.
Today, the surname "Kurbatov" is proposed for a world. Who is he? A famous Russial writer?
Somehow there is no desire to discuss the problems of Russial literature, after the announcement of the surname "Kurbatov". This does not mean that Kurbatov is "bad." Vladimir Dahl, may be, have caused some irony, but, as history has shown, Dahl was certainly a useful person.
If today the surname 'Kurbatov' sounds, then last summer, in 2019, it seems Basinsky's surname sounded on a similar occasion.
It's hard for me personally to write on this topic. But to remain silent - that would be wrong. - Russian classic writers, they see everything from above ...
'We are all like that.' ""All of us are similar beings."" Someone can be influenced such way, ... someone can be can be under influence by another way ...
There are no such figures, as Victor Hugo, in Russian literature.
In terms of resilience, we can talk about Leo Tolstoy.
But from the point of view of success, it seems that there is none of the Russian writers next to Victor Hugo.
But both Belgium and Great Britain were nearby Hugo. And Napoleon III, nevertheless clearly understood that he ruled in France, in Europe, and not somewhere in the tropics ...
In general ... Alas ...
Of course, the level of fear is different for everyone. It seems that when we enjoyed last summer information about Basinsky, the story with Golunov was very relevant. Someone spoke out, and someone was silent ... And Kurbatov was alive at that time ...
Let's leave the topic of resistance or malleability.
But the difference between different people is in another aspect.
Someone, if he not intimidated and if he not is bribed, seeks to live independently, away from official structures - on the basis of his individual conscience and in accordance with his individual worldview.
Someone, on the contrary, is characterized by subservience.
A small proportion of subservience has become a kind of tradition of Russian literature (although this tradition is located not on the first, but on the tenth line).
The same Ostrovsky at the end of his life became a civilian general. (And let us recall the return of the artist and writer Vereshchagin "to his own circles"). Someone will say that Ostrovsky took care of the pension, about relatives.
But some biographers hint that Ostrovsky wore the general's overcoat and general's cap with pleasure.
Note that Ostrovsky did not live in space. There was a 'History' of Karamzin, and 'Life for the Tsar' by Glinka, 'Letters' by Gogol ... So Ostrovsky's conscience can be calm ...
Basinsky, judging by the publications, is not a stranger to the state budget and official structures.
Although I do not have reliable information about Kurbatov on this issue, for some reason there is an assumption that he is somehow arranged next to the state budget (this is a version that does not have objective evidence).
But even this is not a sin. There is a family, children (relatives) ... Everyone will understand this.
In general, there is still the concept of "literature" and for some events you need persons who can be shown to the public and be called for conversations...
June 24, 2020 17:44
Translation from Russian into English: June 24, 2020 18:16.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Курбатов и другие. Литератора вызывали? Очерк'.