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Georges Nivat "Le phénomène Soljénitsyne", Fayard, 2009

Cet ouvrage est disponible en librairies dès le 25 février 2009.

Ce livre embrasse tous les aspects du "phénomène Soljénitsyne": la naissance d'un athlète de la dissidence, le labeur d'un écrivain comparable à balzac, l'érection de deux "cathédrales" d'écriture, L'Archipel du Goulag sur la fabrique d'inhumain en utopie, et La Roue rouge sur le "déraillement" de l'histoire russe, enfin, le poète-philisophe des "Miettes en prose", de La Maison de Matriona, des dialogues stoïciens du Premier Cercle.

Alexandre Soljénitsyne lut attentivement la première version de ce livre en russe (publiée à 800 000 exemplaires à Moscou, en pleine perestroïka) et il porta ce jugement: "Une vision littéraire pleine d'acuité, une intuition morale très fine, et des conclusions générales qui visent juste." (Esquisses d'exil)

Le nouvel ouvrage tient compte de plusieurs remarques envoyées par Soljénitsyne à l'auteur. L'ancien volume est totalement refondu et largement augmenté. Georges Nivat y conduit la réflexion littéraire et morale jusqu'au terme de la longue vie d'écrivain lutteur d'Alexandre Soljénitsyne.

Georges Nivat, slaviste réputé, professuer honoraire à l'Université de Genève, est l'auteur de Vivre en russe (L'Age d'Homme, 2007) et Sites de la mémoire russe (Fayard, 2007). 

Professeur Nivat explique son ouvre aux lecteurs de Nasha gazeta.

About the author

Nadia Sikorsky

Nadia Sikorsky grew up in Moscow where she obtained a master's degree in journalism and a doctorate in history from Moscow State University. After 13 years at UNESCO, in Paris and then in Geneva, and having served as director of communications at Green Cross International founded by Mikhail Gorbachev, she developed NashaGazeta.ch, the first online Russian-language daily newspaper, launched in 2007.

In 2022, she found herself among those who, according to Le Temps editorial board, "significantly contributed to the success of French-speaking Switzerland," thus appearing among opinion makers and economic, political, scientific and cultural leaders: the Forum of 100.

After 18 years leading NashaGazeta.ch, Nadia Sikorsky decided to return to her roots and focus on what truly fascinates her: culture in all its diversity. This decision took the form of this trilingual cultural blog (Russian, English, French) born in the heart of Europe – in Switzerland, her adopted country, the country distinguished by its multiculturalism and multilingualism.

Nadia Sikorsky does not present herself as a "Russian voice," but as the voice of a European of Russian origin with the benefit of more than 30 years of professional experience in the cultural world. She positions herself as a cultural mediator between Russian and European traditions; the title of the blog, "The Russian Accent," captures this essence – the accent being not a linguistic barrier, not a political position but a distinctive cultural imprint in the European context.

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