Published: 2023-09-12

Ilya Ehrenburg — pipe smoker

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Abstract

The aim of the article is to look at the figure of Ilya Ehrenburg (1891–1967) through the prism of auto/biographical writing, which is a sketch for a literary portrait of the artist. This perspective will allow us to present the creative profile of Ehrenburg the pipe smoker, which emerges both from the texts of his contemporaries’, as well as from the writer's correspondence with friends and acquaintances. Ehrenburg's epistolary legacy introduced into the scientific circulation and the letters he received will make it possible to reconstruct his creative personality and artistic strategy, built largely on the influence of broadly understood European culture. For Ehrenburg, a pipe was not only a utilitarian object, but the expression of passion. In Russia, the pipe had mostly a European origin and for the writer it remained mainly a visible sign of life philosophy. Thanks to it, Ehrenburg successfully managed to attract the attention of the environment. What is more, the pipe taught him patience, favored self-reflection and helped measure the rhythm of the passing time.

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Osiewicz, B. (2023). Ilya Ehrenburg — pipe smoker. Przegląd Rusycystyczny [Russian Studies Review], (3 (183), 166–196. https://doi.org/10.31261/pr.15507

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No. 3 (183) (2023)
Published: 2023-09-19


ISSN: 0137-298X
Ikona DOI 10.31261/pr

Publisher
Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycystyczne oraz Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

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