Varlam Shalamov

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Gulag survivor human poet short story writer writer

Varlam Shalamov was a Russian writer best known for his harrowing short-story cycle "Kolyma Tales," drawn from his years of imprisonment in Stalinist labor camps.

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Label Occurrences
Varlam Shalamov canonical 4
Shalamov 1
Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gulag survivor ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthName Varlam Shalamov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov
countryOfCitizenship Russia ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
describedBySource Russian literary criticism ⓘ
Soviet dissident literature studies ⓘ
educatedAt Moscow State University ⓘ
surface form: Moscow State University Faculty of Law
ethnicGroup Russians ⓘ
familyName Varlam Shalamov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shalamov
gender male ⓘ
genre autobiographical fiction ⓘ
prison literature ⓘ
short story ⓘ
givenName Varlam ⓘ
hasPartInCollection Kolyma Tales ⓘ
surface form: Kolyma Tales cycle of short stories
influenced later writers on Gulag experiences ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Russian ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
movement Gulag literature ⓘ
Russian literature ⓘ
name Varlam Shalamov self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage Russian ⓘ
notableEvent arrested under Stalinist regime ⓘ
imprisoned in Kolyma labor camps ⓘ
spent many years in Gulag camps ⓘ
notableWork Essays on the Criminal World ⓘ
Kolyma Tales ⓘ
The Left Bank ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Russia ⓘ
Vologda Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Moscow ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
positionHeld journalist in Soviet press ⓘ
residence Moscow ⓘ
subjectOf studies in Gulag literature ⓘ
workInspiredBy Stalinist repression ⓘ
his experiences in Kolyma camps ⓘ
writingStyle bleak ⓘ
documentary ⓘ
minimalist ⓘ

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Soviet literature → notableAuthor → Varlam Shalamov ⓘ
Russian literature → hasNotableAuthor → Varlam Shalamov ⓘ
Varlam Shalamov → name → Varlam Shalamov self-link ⓘ
Varlam Shalamov → birthName → Varlam Shalamov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov
Varlam Shalamov → familyName → Varlam Shalamov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shalamov
Kolyma Tales → author → Varlam Shalamov ⓘ