Lidiia Seifullina wrote at a period when the terms of literature itself were being argued over.
The record lists Lidiia Seifullina as Russian writer (1889-1954).
Lidiia Seifullina was born at Orenburg in 1889. Her recorded nationality is Russia.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, literary form itself came under argument, and the certainties of the realist novel were dismantled.
She worked as writer, journalist and librarian.
The writing is recorded in Russian.
Books outlive their reviews, and the ones that last are seldom the ones that sold best.
The honours record reads: Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
That the work was written from Russia matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Lidiia Seifullina died in 1954, aged 65. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
