"... I lived a life." Letters. 1920-1950 3rd edition. Platonov A.P.

The fate and personality of Andrei Platonov (1899–1951), the brilliant and most unusual Russian writer of the twentieth century, the classic of world literature, is the same mystery as his works.

Platonov’s letters collected in one volume - The invaluable source for understanding the life and work of the author of the Chevengur and Pitter, the organic part of the writer's heritage, whose free artistic gift could not stop either decades of the ban or the tragic circumstances of the personal biography. Before us is a “secret” and at the same time unique document of the era.

comments on the Platonov group of the Institute of World Literature named after A. M. Gorky RAS with the involvement of the huge material periodics of the 1920–1940s and the largest archives of Russia.

The book is illustrated by unique photographs and complemented by new materials.