Contributors
VASSILY AKSYONOV
emigrated to the United States in 1980 from th e
former Sovie t Uni on. Among his novels are
Melancholy Baby
and
Say Cheese.
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STANISLAW BARANCZAK
left Poland in 1981. H e is Alfred Jurzykowski
Professor of Polish Language and Literature at H arvard Unive rsity and author,
most recentl y, o f
Breatilil1g Under Water and Other East Ellropean Essays.
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SAUL BELLOW
rece ived th e N obel Prize fo r Literature in 1976 and th e Na–
tional Medal of Arts in 1988. H e is R aymo nd W . and Martha Hilpert G runer
Distin guished Pro fesso r at th e Uni ve rsity o f C hi cago . Viking Penguin has
brought out his latest bo ok ,
SOlllethilli! to Relllember Me By : Three Tales .
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JOSEPH BRODSKY,
who now is Pro fessor o f Literature at Mount H olyoke
College, left th e fo rmer Soviet Uni o n in 1972. H e was awarded th e N obel Pri ze
for Literature in 1987 . Farrar, Straus
&
G irou x published his new book of prose,
Waterlllark ,
this spring.. ..
BLAGA DIMITROVA
is Vi ce President of the
Republic of Bulgaria. She was gi ven th e Lunkwist Prize of Sweden and the PEN
Prize of Po land . H er poems are included in th e antho logy,
Clay and Star.
Contelllpo rary Blligarian Poets
(Milkweed Editi o ns).
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S LAVE N KA
DRAKULIC 's
How We SlIrviIJed COllllllllllislII alld Even Lallghed
and her novel
Holograllls of Fea r
have been published here by Norto n , which will also bring o ut
her new novel,
Ma rble Skill.
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RALPH ELLISON,
whose books include the
acclaimed novel
illi/isible Mall ,
held th e Albert Schweitze r Pro fessorship of th e
Humaniti es at New York Unive rsity from 1970-1 979....
HANS MAGNUS
ENZENSBERGER 's
rece nt books in cl ude
Ellrope, Ell rope; Politica l Crlllllbs;
and
Mediocrity alld Deillsion.
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VICTOR ERLICH
is Pro fessor Emeritu s of
Russian Literature at Yale University. H e is at work on a new book,
ModemislII
alld ReIJollltioll .
. . .
DONALD FANGER
is Arthur Kin gsley Porter Pro fessor
of Slavic and Comparative Literature at H arvard Unive rsity. Among his books
arc
Dostoel,sky alld ROlllantic Rea lislll
and
Th e Crea tion of N ikolas Gogol.
VALERY GOLOFAST
teaches at th e Institute o f Socio logy, St. Petersburg,
and is a member of th e Russian Academy of Sciences....
MICHAEL HElM,
Professor of Ru ss ian and Central Eu ropea n Literature at th e University of
Califomia, Los Angeles, has translated man y works o f Russian , Czech , Serbo–
Croatian, and Hunga ri an literature into Engli sh... .
IVAN KLIMA
lives in
Prague; his new nove l,
Love and Garbage,
appea red from Knopf. ...
GEORGE
KONRAD 's
new novel,
A Feast in the Gardell ,
was published this spring by
Harcourt Brace J ova novich....
EDA KRISEOVA
was a member o f th e
Executive Adviso ry Board to th e President o f Czechoslovakia. H er book,
VaclaIJ
Ha vel: Th e A llthorized Biography ,
is fo rth coming from Pharos Books.
WALTER LAQUEUR
was Pro fessor o f the History o f Ideas and Po litics at
Georgetown University and is C hairman of the International R esearch Council
at the Center for Strategic and Internati o nal Studies. His newest book,
Ellrope ill
Ollr
Tilli e: A History ,
1945-1 992, appeared this yea r (Viking Penguin)....
