Leopold Leonidowitsch Awerbach
Leopold Leonidowitsch Awerbach ( Russian Леопольд Леонидович Авербах ; * 1903 in Saratov , † August 14, 1937 in Moscow ) was a Soviet literary critic.
Life
Awerbach was editor of the magazine Molodaja Gwardija (dt. Junge Garde ), member of the editorial team of Na postu and leading member of the writers' associations WAPP and RAPP . He was described by his opponents as a "literary gangster" and "literary dictator".
Leo Awerbach was a staunch Stalinist , but he was arrested and shot during the Great Terror in 1937. Among the staunch opponents of the proletarian cult he represented was u. a. Alexander Voronsky , who was shot the day before him.
family
Averbach was a nephew of Yakov Sverdlov , the first Soviet head of state. His wife Jelena was the daughter of Lenin's secretary Vladimir Bontsch-Brujewitsch . Awerbach's sister Ida was married to Genrich Jagoda . She was also shot after his fall.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vadim S. Rogovin : Was there an alternative? Mehring-Verlag, Vienna 2006, p. 429
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| SURNAME | Awerbach, Leopold Leonidowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Averbakh, Leo; Averbach, Leopold Leonidovich; Авербах, Леопольд Леонидович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet literary critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saratov |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1937 |
| Place of death | Moscow |