Andrei Platonov
Andrei Platonov
Andrei Platonovwas the pen name of Andrei Platonovich Klimentov, a Soviet Russian writer, playwright, and poet, whose works anticipate existentialism. Although Platonov was a Communist, most of his works were banned in his own lifetime for their skeptical attitude toward collectivization and other Stalinist policies, as well as for its experimental, avant-garde form. His famous works include the novels The Foundation Pitand Chevengur...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth1 September 1899
CountryRussian Federation
I have a trend of my own.
Without truth I feel ashamed to be alive.
I want my word to be up to the scale of the feat of arms performed by the Russian soldier.
Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning.
Does the world have nothing inside but sorrow?