Stalin

Publication Instance Details #442

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	State Violence
Languages	Irish
Original Language	Russian
Original Poem	Nasledniki Stalina
Original Author	Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	Aistríodh corp Stalin ó mhásailéam Lenin i ngeimhreadh na bliana 1961. Fuair Stalin féin bás faoi thoscaí mistéireacha sa bhliain 1953. Sa dán seo samhlaíonn an file Rúiseach, Evgeny Yevtushenko, go bhfuil spiorad Stalin beo fós agus é ag faire ar an uile ní.
Notes	This is a translation of a only small part of Yetuvshenko's poem 'The Heirs of Stalin', in which the legacy of Stalin is explored, in the context of the danger of a new, neo-Stalinism coming into the fore in 1960s Russia. This short lyric is well contextualized by the paratext of the poem, and shows the body of Stalin being transported to a mausoleum after his death. Such is the fear of the speaker of the poem of the tyrant Stalin, that he imagines that the body is 'pretending' to be dead.