"Вопросы литературы" invites creative conversations

It is a glorious Gorky tradition to call on artists of the word to collective work: to frank conversations and discussions, to extensive discussions of the most pressing problems of our time, to various ways of creatively stimulating literature, art and culture. For half a century, these traditions have been actively developed to a new stage by modern creative unions, institutes, editorial offices and cultural organizations of Soviet writers, artists, scientists and cultural figures. A new vivid document of these living traditions and the emphasized desire for joint initiatives is the booklet 12 - 1965 of "Literary Issues", the organ of the Union of Writers of the USSR and the Institute of World Literature "A. M. Gorky" at the Academy of Sciences of the CCCP. The editorial board's initiative to dedicate an entire separate issue of the journal to the literatures of the socialist countries in Europe is not only commendable and timely, but also very symptomatic of the mature contemporary conditions under which European writers from the socialist countries must develop their creative efforts.