Everyday life of Soviet writers from the Thaw to Perestroika

The new book of Alexander Vaskina talks about the wonderful time when our country was considered not only the most reading in the world, but also the most writing. For no other state of officially recognized writers lived in any other state - almost ten thousand people: poets, prose writers, playwrights, scriptwriters, translators, critics ... The life of Soviet writers was extremely exciting and rich - they worked in the homes of creativity, were treated in Littlefonds Clinics, spent honestly earned fees, received honored prizes and orders, went on business trips around the country and abroad. They also handed the housewarming in the so -called writer"s houses, rested at the dachas, sat at congresses and in the CDL restaurant. This is an interesting story about the everyday life and holidays of Soviet writers, about their daily life from the thaw to perestroika (1950-1980s), in which there was enough space for humor and sadness. The book is based on archival documents and evidence of eyewitnesses, a number of which