Victor, memoirs of a revolutionary 190141, oxford university press, oxford, 1963. Originally an anarchist, he joined the bolsheviks five months after arriving in petrograd in january 1919 and later worked for the comintern as a jour nalist, editor and translator. The anarchist faq editorial collective an anarchist faq 1617 june 18, 2009. Memoirs of a revolutionary, 1901 41 by victor serge. After the fight for ferrer the philosopher, the battle for.
December 30, 1890 november 17, 1947, was a ru ssian revoluti onary and writer. Buy memoirs of a revolutionary, 190141 oxford paperbacks reprint by victor serge, p. Memoirs of a revolutionary by victor serge goodreads. Victor serge 18901947 was an anarchist who initially supported the russian revolution. His father, leo lev kibalchich, a former infantry trooper from kiev, has been variously described as a distant relative or a cousin of nikolai kibalchich of the peoples will revolutionary organization, who was executed on a charge of being responsible for the bomb used in the. Memoirs of a revolutionary by victor serge abebooks. A complete translation of his memoirs of a revolutionary memoirs1 was. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Victor serge 18901947 was an anarchist who initially supported he russian revolution.
Victor serge is one of the great men of the 20th century and one of its great writers too. This is understandable, given the power of serge s prose and the events and people he wrote about. Explore books by victor serge with our selection at. Jun 28, 2012 his classic memoirs of a revolutionary and his great last novels, unforgiving years and the case of comrade tulayev the latter also published by nyrb classics, were written for the desk drawer and published posthumously. Memoirs of a revolutionary 19011941 serge, victor on. Dmitri shostakovich, osip mandelstam, yulian vasilievich sokhotski, konstantin tsiolkovsky, victor serge. See all 5 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Peter sedgwick 19341983 was a translator of victor serge, and author of a number of books including psychopolitics. A new edition of victor serges life story gives sheila fitzpatrick fresh reasons to be moved. Memoirs of a revolutionary recounts a thrilling life on the front lines of history and includes vivid portraits not only of trotsky, lenin, and stalin but of countless other figures who struggled to remake the world. Serge was born in brussels, belgium, to a couple of impoverished russian anticzarist exiles.
More important, he was also a writer of rare integrity, who left behind a remarkable eyewitness record in fiction, journalism, and above all his masterwork, memoirs of a revolutionary. John berger, booker prizewinning author the novels, poems, memoirs and other writings of victor serge are among the finest works of literature inspired by the october revolution that brought the working class to power in russia in 1917. Memoirs of a revolutionary, 19011941 victor serge snippet view 1967. December 30, 1890 november 17, 1947, was a russian revolutionary and writer. Memoirs of a revolutionary, 1901 41 oxford paperbacks victor serge. He is best remembered for his memoirs of a revolutionary and series of seven witnessnovels chronicling the lives of revolutionaries of the first half of the 20th. Memoirs of a revolutionary by victor serge marxists internet archive. Year one of the russian revolution, bookmarks, pluto press and writers and readers, londonnew york, 1992. Originally an anarchist, he joined the bolsheviks five months after arriving in petrograd in january 1919 and later worked for the comintern as a journalist, editor and translator. Description of the book memoirs of a revolutionary.
The first chapter of victor serges autobiography, memoirs of a revolutionary, is captioned world without possible escape. Victor serge 18901947 was an anarchist who initially. Memoirs of a revolutionary, 190141 oxford paperbacks. The essence of the man and his books is to be found in his attitude to the truth.
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