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Approved List of Proletarian Literature
The following is a curious example of an attempt to influence what Soviet writers were available to foreign readers. In the process it gives a list of what the Soviet leaders found "best" and most desirable in Soviet literature. The authors mentioned by Lunacharskii as examples of unacceptable writers are a varied lot: "Mess Mend" was an extremely popular adventure story .