# Non-resistance to evil by violence. About a radio interview with the head of the Literary Institute. A culturological note

Vladimir Zalessky

MMMCDXI. Non-resistance to evil by violence. About a radio interview with the head of the Literary Institute. A culturological note. - December 9, 2023

Non-resistance to evil by violence. About a radio interview with the head of the Literary Institute. A culturological note.


I decided to have a cup of evening tea, turned on the radio. I hear: an interview with the head of the Literary Institute will be broadcast.


I directed my ears and began to accumulate reserves of irony and skepticism.


I'm starting to listen the interview.


The mansion belonged to a major official Yakovlev. And he had an illegitimate son, bastard, - Herzen is his surname.


And there is a sofa in this mansion - I did not understand whose name the sofa is associated with: Yakovlev's name or Herzen's name.


Mikhail Bulgakov, it seems, during a walk through the forest in winter (or early spring), picked up twigs, cones and examined them, sniffed.


A (mental) image of a hedgehog appeared in the interview, which is rolling, pins leaves and other debris on needles, and then (if he is a writer) analyzes the collected impressions.


"If you only knew what rubbish, poems Grow out of, without knowing shame" (Vladimir Mayakovsky).


Prishvin came up with (most likely, it is a fantasy, but there is a possibility, although small, that this is a true) that when he was a student before the revolution, they were sent to Georgia, to the Gori region, and he watched the dances of local youth. And among these young people there was a young man with pockmarks on his face.


It is difficult for young (and not only young) writers now. But there is an association (organization) that is very useful. It is headed by a respected person.


The magazine "Literary Studies" is not published now.


(I didn't understand why.)


The magazine is not being published now. But such situation took place in past. The magazine was publishing, then he didn't go out, then he went out again.


As I understand it, mostly school graduates are entering the Literary Institute now. They come from everywhere, even from Kamchatka and Sakhalin. (I'm writing this note now, and I'm thinking: and it would be interesting to read the works of yesterday's schoolchildren in the magazine "Literary Studies". Now only teachers, or examiners, read them).


All my reserves of irony and skepticism have disappeared. Well-delivered, pleasant speech. Literate phrases. A pleasant voice. Judging by the interview, the head of the Literary Institute is a cultured, reasonable, well-mannered, pleasant person.


Let's say I can smile at a hedgehog with leaves on needles or Bulgakov sniffing raised twigs, but essentially I can't object to anything, I can't dispute anything. Everything is right.


Let's say that at the first All-Union Congress of Soviet Writers, everyone liked the phrase "Writers are engineers of human souls." And now it could be updated: "Writers are highly qualified personnel of literary factories and media plants." But there is an element of controversy and discussion in this update. This thesis would not fit into the style of the interview.


What else? Many writers were associated with the Literary Institute. Many people studied there. Or at least they were sitting on the couch (... they published 'Kolokol' magazine in London...).


Actually, I liked the interview. I listened more and more. It is clear that Leo Tolstoy did not study at the Literary Institute (but, on the other hand, at least one person, who wrote and published a book about Leo Tolstoy, works at this Institute).


Has Leo Tolstoy ever been to this mansion? Somehow, Leo Tolstoy wasn't recalled in this interview. (I hope I heard everything correctly.)


But that's okay. Nothing bad. I remembered, recalled.


Thanks to everyone who helped to renovate the mansion.


December 9, 2023 23:04


Translation from Russian into English: December 10, 2023 00:52

Владимир Владимирович Залесский ' Непротивление злу насилием. О радиоинтервью с руководителем Литературного института. Культурологическая заметка '.


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MMMCDXI. Non-resistance to evil by violence. About a radio interview with the head of the Literary Institute. A culturological note. - December 9, 2023


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