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Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century

Alexandra Popoff

This biography illuminates the life and legacy of Soviet dissident writer Vasily Grossman whose long-banned novelistic masterpiece, Life and Fate, is widely recognized today as the twentieth century's War and Peace. Finalist in the 2019 National Jewish Book Awards, Biography category, Longlisted for the 2019 Cundill History Prize, Winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award, Biography category Book jacket.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyGoogle Books: Authors, Russian -> World HistoryKeyword Classifier: Arts & Criticism -> Arts & CriticismEurope & RussiaAfrica & the African DiasporaAsia & the Pacific

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Cundill History PrizeMajor2019LonglistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Vasily Grossman90%

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

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