Is Andrei Platonov “Russia’s greatest 20th-century prose stylist?"
Stalin called him scum. Sholokhov, Gorky, Pasternak, and Bulgakov all thought he was the bee's knees. But when Andrei Platonov died in poverty, misery and obscurity in 1951, no one would have predicted that within half a century he would be a contender for the title as Russia's greatest 20th-century prose stylist. – from “Andrei Platonov: Russia’s Greatest 20th-century prose stylist?, by Daniel Kalder, The Guardian
Stalin called him scum. Sholokhov, Gorky, Pasternak, and Bulgakov all thought he was the bee's knees. But when Andrei Platonov died in poverty, misery and obscurity in 1951, no one would have predicted that within half a century he would be a contender for the title as Russia's greatest 20th-century prose stylist. – from “Andrei Platonov: Russia’s Greatest 20th-century prose stylist?, by Daniel Kalder, The Guardian