Voicing the Soviet Experience: The Poetry of Ol'ga Berggol'ts (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs)

The career of Ol'ga Berggol'ts offers a case study in the complexities that faced Soviet writers in the Stalin era, and demonstrates that the borders between "official" and "unofficial" literature were permeable and shifting. This study draws on unpublished materials, including the poet's notebooks and diaries, to show how conflict and ambiguity functioned as a structuring principle in her work.