Andrei Platonov

Novelist

1899-09-01 – 1951-01-05

Andrei Platonov was a Soviet Russian novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist. His major works include Chevengur and The Foundation Pit, which depict social and ideological upheaval in early Soviet society. His reputation grew substantially through posthumous publication and translation.

Quotes by Andrei Platonov

Then she would wander through fields, over simple, poor land, looking carefully and keenly all round her, still getting used to being alive in the world, and feeling glad that everything in it was right for her — for her body, her heart, and her freedom.
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Then she would wander through fields, over simple, poor land, looking carefully and keenly all round her, still getting used to being alive in the world, and feeling glad that everything in it was right for her — for her body, her heart, and her freedom.
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If kids can forget their own mothers but still have a sense of comrade Lenin, then Soviet power really is here to stay!
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I have a trend of my own.
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From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world.
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