Stulov, Y. (2019). 100 US writers. Minsk: Vysheyshaya shkola. (In Russ.)

Abstract

The review of the dictionary 100 US Writers [100 pisateley SShA] analyses the entries that cover biographical information, summarise the writer’s output and contain lists of their principal works and their translations into Russian and Belorussian, as well as the most significant research on the writer’s works. The reviewers find that the dictionary is very well executed. However, they are somewhat baffled by the selection principles. In Y. Stulov’s opinion, one should take into account new participants of the literary process and the level of the readers’ familiarity with authors whose books remained inaccessible for ideological reasons. While supporting his position in general, the reviewers point out several notable omissions, for example, P. Buck, B. Dylan, J. Irving, P. Theroux, L. Erdrich, etc. The book’s indisputable merit lies in its ‘open’ structure that allows for new individual entries to be included in subsequent editions.