> On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Mark Kuhar wrote: > > > This is a crazy request, but does anyone know of a list, or even a > person > > who is knowledgable about/obsessed with turn-of-the-20th-century > Russian > > literature and the accompanying literary scene in St. Petersburg? > I.E. > > Bely, Khelebnikov, Balmont, Blok, Mayakovsky, symbolists, > cubo-futurists, > > The Stray Dog in Petersburg, et. al. Please holler. --m > > > I dare to state that I'm pretty knowledgable as an amateur and was surely obsessed with the "Silver Age" literature as every thoughtful soviet man was under communism. The tier you've described was one of the biggest pieces of the few real art things available under the Iron Curtain. I haven't heard about the relevant list, but I'll be happy to deliver some primary info/directions straight from Russia. Think about switching off-line, bananalist is somewhat rooted :-) anton