“This book offers a panoramic view of Vladimir Soloviev’s spiritual-philosophical biography. The selected letters of the Russian philosopher-poet span three turbulent decades from 1871 to 1900, revealing a multitalented, adventurous, and erudite personality. … Wozniuk’s scholarship and skillful translation of Soloviev’s epistolary legacy make it possible for English-speaking readers to appreciate the passion, the existential commitment, and the unique vision that motivated Soloviev’s work. … Overall, Vladimir Wozniuk’s book is an impressive accomplishment in scholarship and literary translation, a true gift to the English-speaking scholars and students of Russian philosophy and literature.”
—Evgenia V. Cherkasova, Suffolk University, Russian Review
Vladimir Wozniuk is professor emeritus at Western New England University and a center associate at Harvard’s Davis Center of Russian and Eurasian Studies. He has edited and translated four volumes of V. S. Soloviev’s essays spanning a wide range of topics, including religion, politics, law, human rights, art and aesthetics.