Lecture by Anna Sergeeva-Klyatis.

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This lecture delves into the historical significance of the newspaper "Red Star" during the Soviet-German War as a platform for the realization of literary aspirations by Soviet writers. Many of these writers initially emerged from modernist associations in the early 1920s, persevered through the challenges of Stalin's terror, and actively participated in the war as military correspondents. The presentation will also concurrently address the "Jewish question" in Soviet literature and social reality.

Anna Sergeeva-Klyatis has been a professor at the Faculty of Journalism of the Lomonosov Moscow State University since 2016 and served as a Department Head since 2020. Her research interests include the History of Russian Literature of the 19th and 20th century, Russian literary Modernism and Avant-garde. Since 2001 her research has focused on early 20th -century Russian literature, especially the poetry of Boris Pasternak. Among her works on the topic are the Complete Works of Pasternak in 11 volumes (Moscow, 2003-2005), a two-volume anthology Pro et contra: Boris Pasternak (St.-Petersburg, 2012-2013) and Pasternak’s Poetry of 1920s in Soviet Journalism and Russian Literary Criticism Abroad (Moscow State University Press, 2013). 
Prof. Sergeeva-Klyatis published more than 100 scholarly articles, most of them in highly rated journals, exploring Russian literature of different historical periods, its personalities, and issues.