Vasiliy Grossman
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Vasiliy Grossman was a Soviet writer and journalist best known for his epic World War II novel "Life and Fate," which offered a powerful, critical portrayal of totalitarianism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vasiliy Grossman canonical | 2 |
| Vasily Grossman | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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journalist ⓘ war correspondent ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| censorshipStatus |
Life and Fate banned in the Soviet Union
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works suppressed in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russian Empire
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| coveredConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| coveredEvent |
Battle of Stalingrad
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liberation of Nazi concentration camps ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Grossman ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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journalism ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| givenName |
Vasily
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surface form:
Vasiliy
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| hasSubject |
Jewish suffering in the Holocaust
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Soviet totalitarianism in Life and Fate ⓘ moral choices under dictatorship ⓘ |
| influenced |
Holocaust literature
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later dissident writers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Leo Tolstoy ⓘ Russian realist tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| movement |
Soviet literature
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dissident literature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical portrayal of totalitarianism
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depiction of life in the Soviet Union ⓘ eyewitness accounts of the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Everything Flows
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For a Just Cause ⓘ Life and Fate ⓘ The Hell of Treblinka ⓘ The People Immortal ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ war correspondent ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | anti-totalitarian ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Moscow
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Stalingrad ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Holocaust
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Nazism ⓘ Soviet society ⓘ Stalinism ⓘ World War II ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Vasily Grossman