Word: katayev
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...liberal stage directors, actors and television workers have been jailed or put under house arrest. Eight actors from a theater in the Moravian town of Ostrava have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to 20 months for "crude deformation" of a play by Soviet Writer Valentin Katayev. Reportedly, the actors parodied parts of the play, which is a tribute to Russian gallantry during World...
...Your Faces (TIME, March 9), an exuberant plea for individuality and self-expression, was ordered closed in February after only two performances. But his widespread popularity as the voice of a new Soviet generation has clearly survived undiminished. "His main quality is his being unfettered," writes Soviet Author Valentin Katayev in an introduction to the new volume. "The books of Voznesensky are always a depot of metaphors...