Praskovya Semenovna Vorobieva-Vladimirova – Ekaterinodar journalist and critic of A. M. Remizov

Abstract

The paper explores the assessment of Alexey Remizov’s works of the 1910s by a journalist and critic, Praskovya Semenovna Vorobieva-Vladimirova. Some analytical articles about the writer’s work published on the pages of the Ekaterinodar newspaper “The Kuban Courier” have been identified and analyzed. The specifics of the perception of Remizov’s artistic heritage in the context of the editorial policy of this newspaper is considered in brief reports, notes, and review articles devoted to the latest works of Russian literature. The paper also describes the approaches and interests of the correspondents of “The Kuban Courier” in covering the features of the modern literary process. Attention is also paid to the professional interests of Vorobieva-Vladimirova as a leading collaborator, observer, and critic of Central Russia magazines. The analysis of a collection of letters for the first time introduced into scholarly circulation revealed the specifics of early personal and creative contacts between Vorobieva-Vladimirova and Remizov. A significant part of the letters reveals the interest in the literary personality and legacy of Remizov. Also, they unveil the attempts of a provincial correspondent already recognized in professional circles and known among readers in southern Russia to enter the St. Petersburg world of the daily press and establish creative contacts with writers. Such cooperation between a writer and a critic based on meaningful epistolary dialogue is a rare example in the history of literary relations.