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Maria Weinmann

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“What a happiness it is to say what you think! What a torture it is to think what you say!” 📖
This line is so iconic that it is engraved on the monument to Sergei Dovlatov, one of the most celebrated and beloved Soviet-American writers of the 20th century.

“What a happiness it is to say what you think! What a torture it is to think what you say!” 📖

These words belong to Sergei Dovlatov, one of the most celebrated and beloved Soviet-American writers of the 20th century. Forced to emigrate from the USSR to New York in the late 1970s, Dovlatov became a unique cultural voice, co-founding the famous émigré newspaper The New American.

His writing is known for its bittersweet irony, sharp humor, and deep empathy for ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances. He managed to capture both the absurdity of Soviet life and the bittersweet reality of the immigrant experience in America.

This line is so iconic that it is engraved on the monument to Dovlatov in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is one of just four carefully chosen quotes featured on the sculpture, capturing the very essence of his philosophy.

October 31, 2026 at 9:54 PM

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November 4, 2026 at 7:38 AM

LaBreu Edicions

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"A una persona normal, qualsevol època li sembla terrible"
LA COLUMNA de Dovlàtov
traducció @miqcab.eurosky.social

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October 27, 2026 at 8:43 PM

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November 1, 2026 at 12:59 AM

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October 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM

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October 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM

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October 30, 2026 at 11:26 AM

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October 30, 2026 at 11:26 AM

alfmondria.bsky.social

@alfmondria.bsky.social

“És sorprenent com s’assemblen els raonaments dels fanàtics. Tant se val si són pro o anti…”

“Per al totalitarisme, algú que somriu és indesitjable. Algú que riu és perillós. Algú que es trenca de riure és tres vegades perillós”.

Dovlàtov periodista-memorialista-narrador.

October 27, 2026 at 5:54 PM

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October 28, 2026 at 1:55 AM

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Dimecres 28, a les 19,30 h, presentació de
LA COLUMNA de Serguei Dovlàtov
amb el traductor @miqcab.eurosky.social
i els editors Ignasi Pàmies i Ester Andorrà

a Cal Llibreter de Sant Just Desvern

#lacolumna #dovlatov
#miquelcabal

October 26, 2026 at 11:47 AM

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October 27, 2026 at 5:06 AM

samuel lopez

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Pensava que preferiries el calzone, o com en diuen els russos, la Dovlàtov.

October 24, 2026 at 6:40 PM

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October 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM

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October 24, 2026 at 12:14 PM

Fabula, la recherche en littérature

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Sergueï Dovlatov, La zone https://www.fabula.org/actualites/137276/serguei-dovlatov-la-zone.html

Sergueï Dovlatov, La zone

En 1962 Sergeï Dovlatov prit ses fonctions de garde dans le camp à régime spécial d’Oust-Vymsk, au Kazakhstan, un camp de prisonniers de droit commun. Dans une atmosphère multi-ethnique où les rôles principaux se redistribuent...

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October 21, 2026 at 11:50 AM

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October 21, 2026 at 8:14 AM

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October 21, 2026 at 12:10 AM

Xavier Cervantes

@xaviercervantes.bsky.social

A propòsit de 'La columna', el molt recomanable llibre de Serguei Dovlàtov que ha publicat @labreu-edicions.bsky.social amb traducció de @miqcab.eurosky.social

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Serguei Dovlàtov, l'escriptor que més bé va saber llegir la seva època (i la nostra)

LaBreu Edicions publica, amb traducció de Miquel Cabal Guarro, 'La columna', que aplega 94 columnes d'opinió de l'autor rus

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October 19, 2026 at 12:13 PM

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@cyrilloso.bsky.social

A quote from Sergei Dovlatov: Мы без конца проклинаем товарища Сталина, и, разумеется, за дело. И все же я хочу спросить — кто написал четыре миллиона доносов?

"We endlessly curse Comrade Stalin, and, naturally, not without cause. And yet I want to ask — who wrote four million denunciations?"

October 20, 2026 at 6:35 PM

Diari ARA

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Serguei Dovlàtov (Ufà, 1941—Nova York, 1990) és "l'escriptor que més bé va saber llegir la seva època", va dir Svetlana Aleksiévitx, premi Nobel de literat...