Andrej Platonov’s Reception in Samizdat and Tamizdat. An Analysis of Editions 1960s-1980s

The article sheds light on a previously unexplored aspect in studies dedica- ted to Andrej Platonov, specifically his reception in samizdat and tamizdat editions between 1969 and 1982, which allows to gain insight into which works were circulating therein and the issues that were considered most important in the editions published across the borders as well as in the clandestine editions circulated in Soviet Union. The present contribution investigates two categories of articles and volumes: the first inclu- des articles published in the journals “Posev” (1945-), “Grani” (1946-), the newspaper of the Russian emigration in New York “Novoe russkoe slovo” (1910-), the New York journal “Novyj žurnal,” essays published in the Leningrad samizdat journals “37” and “Transponans” in the years 1979-1980, and short introductions published in the Pa- risian journal “Echo”; the second category comprises the volumes of Michail Geller – which due to their academic nature are inevitably different from the other contribu- tions. Vol’naja russkaja literatura by the dissident Jurij Mal’cev (1932–2017), published in Frankfurt am Main in 1976 by “Posev” will also be examined. Finally, a short essay by the writer and radio broadcaster Viktor Frank (1909–1972) included in his volume Po suti dela (1977) will also be analysed. Reports, articles, and reviews published in Slavic journals in Europe and overseas are not taken into account, as they do not fall within the circulation typology addressed in this contribution.