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Andrei Platonov

Born

in Voronezh, Russian Empire

August 28, 1899

Died

January 05, 1951

Genre

Fiction, Fantasy

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Andrei Platonov, August 28, 1899 – January 5, 1951, was the pen name of Andrei Platonovich Klimentov, a Soviet author whose works anticipate existentialism. Although Platonov was a Communist, his works were banned in his own lifetime for their skeptical attitude toward collectivization and other Stalinist policies.

From 1918 through 1921, his most intensive period as a writer, he published dozens of poems (an anthology appeared in 1922), several stories, and hundreds of articles and essays, adopting in 1920 the Platonov pen-name by which he is best-known. With remarkably high energy and intellectual precocity he wrote confidently across a wide range of topics including literature, art, cultural life, science, philosophy, religion, education ...more

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	The Foundation Pit by Andrei Platonov, Mirra Ginsburg (Translator), Andrey Platonov 3.77 avg rating — 5,532 ratings — published 1930 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chevengur 4.22 avg rating — 1,165 ratings — published 1928 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soul by Andrei Platonov, Robert Chandler (Goodreads Author) (Translator, Introduction), John Berger (Afterword) 4.16 avg rating — 1,075 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happy Moscow by Andrei Platonov, Elizabeth Chandler (Translator), Robert Chandler (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 1,021 ratings — published 1991 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Can by Andrei Platonov, Günay Çetao Kızılırmak (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 862 ratings — published 1935 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fierce and Beautiful World by Andrei Platonov, Joseph Barnes (Translator), Tatyana Tolstaya (Introduction) 4.24 avg rating — 503 ratings — published 1970 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Return and Other Stories by Andrei Platonov, Angela Livingstone (Translator), Robert Chandler (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.29 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 1999 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The River Potudan 4.25 avg rating — 230 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	بحر الصبا by Andrei Platonov, أندريه بلاتونوف, خيري الضامن (Translator) 3.46 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 1931 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Чевенгур. Котлован. Рассказы by Andrei Platonov, Андрей Платонов 4.33 avg rating — 184 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Busy remaking the world, man forgot to remake himself.”
― Andrei Platonov

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“He walked around all the useless things in the courtyard and touched them with his hands; for some reason, he wished that these would remember him, and love him. But he didn't believe they would. From childhood memories he knew how strange and sad it is after a long absence to see a familiar place again, for these unmoving objects have no memory and do not recognize the stirrings of a stranger's heart.”
― Andrei Platonov, The Fierce and Beautiful World

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“Everything in the existing world seemed strange to him; it was as if the world had been created for some brief, mocking game. But this game of make-believe had dragged on for a long time,for eternity, and nobody felt like laughing anymore.”
― Andrei Platonov, Soul

tags: life, life-lessons

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