Stephen Graham (in some sources also Stefan Graham , Graham , Graham , English Stephen Graham ; 1884 - 1975 ) - English writer and novelist, traveler, author of travel descriptions.
| Stephen Graham | |
|---|---|
| Stephen graham | |
| Date of Birth | 1884 |
| Date of death | 1975 |
| Citizenship (citizenship) | |
| Occupation | English prose writer, novelist, traveler |
| Years of creativity | since 1911 |
| Direction | realism |
| Genre | novels, short stories, travel descriptions. |
| Language of Works | English [1] |
Basically known as a descriptor of his travels, in particular travels in pre-revolutionary Russia, as well as traveling with a group of Russian pilgrims to Jerusalem (1913).
The author of the book “In Russian Central Asia” [2] about his trip to Russian Turkestan , including Tashkent in 1914. With the outbreak of World War I, he served as the Times correspondent in Russia [3] .
Graham continued to be interested in Russia in the future [4] . In particular, Roman Gul recalls that Graham edited the British edition of his book on Azef ; according to Gulya, Graham was almost fluent, with a slight accent, spoke Russian [5] .
The authors of the Soviet reference publication Literary Encyclopedia (M., 1929-1939. T. 1-11) did not appreciate Stephen Graham’s novels, believing that he was more inclined to describe ethnographic material in the form of a number of genre paintings that were outwardly bound by the plot.
Notes
- ↑ There are translations in Russian
- ↑ Translation Option: “Through Russian Central Asia” (Through Russian Central Asia, 1916)
- ↑ A. Solzhenitsyn. Two hundred years together Archival copy of November 28, 2010 on the Wayback Machine - Chapter 12. Into the war (1914-1916)
- ↑ In particular, in 1925 he wrote the novel “Russia in Division”, dedicated to the fate of Russia after the revolution. The content of the novel gave rise to the authors of the Literary Encyclopedia, the eleven-volume reference publication published in the USSR in 1929-1939, to consider it as an anti-Soviet writer.
- ↑ R. Ghoul. I took Russia. Apology of Russian emigration - Volume 2. Part 11.
Links
- S. N. Tretyakova. Stefan Graham on British-Russian friendship : Abstracts at the Russia-Britain Conference, The Moscow Kremlin Museum-Reserve, December 16-18, 2003
- Article in the Literary Encyclopedia (1930)
In English
- Stephen Graham's work on the Gutenberg project
- www.stephengrahamworldtraveller.com