Between the GI Bill and the Congress of Cultural Freedom, the military industrial complex did more for culture than the NEA.
@matthunte All (or almost all) cultural funding in USSR and Warsaw Pact came from state, so no need to.
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@HeerJeet To be fair, I know very little about literary life in the Soviet era, except for the big names, who were mostly dissidents, -
@matthunte Updike's early Bech stories & accounts of his visit to USSR/Eastern Bloc give good glimpse of Soviet literary life.
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@HeerJeet@matthunte Yes, but Soviet front groups did sponsor literary work. The Congress for Cultural Freedom was a direct resopnse to ... -
@HeerJeet@matthunte the Soviet World Peace Council for example. It won't be exhaustive, but this will be in my book out next year - Show replies
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