Viktor Perelman

Viktor Borisovich Perelman (July 15, 1929 – November 13, 2003), was a Russian-language journalist, writer, publisher, editor, and dissident. He was the founder and sole editor-in-chief of a leading third wave Russian immigration international democratic journal for literary and social problems, "Time and We" or "Vremya I My" from 1975 to 2001. one fiction novel, and dozens of published articles in leading Russian language newspapers and other press. As the founder of Time and We Publishing House, he published several Russian language books by well-known authors of third wave Russian immigration. was the head of the Economics division of the magazine "Soviet Trade Unions" , at "Moskovskij Komsomolets" , "Sovietskaya Rossiya" , and "Pravda" .

In 1968, he was invited to take on the position of the Head of Information Department of "Literaturnaya Gazeta" . He was dismissed from the "Literaturnaya Gazeta" following his application for permission to emigrate to Israel in 1972. His dissident articles, among them "Reflections Before the Auction," which described his opposition to the Soviet Government imposing an education tax on Jewish emigrants, were translated and published in Western newspapers, including the New York Times.

After a struggle with Soviet authorities as a Jewish "Refusenik", he was allowed by the Soviet government to emigrate to Israel in 1973, where he worked as a correspondent for the Israeli newspaper "Al Hamishmar", and a special correspondent for Radio Liberty .

In 1975, in Tel Aviv, Israel, he founded a thick Russian language magazine for literary and socio-political problems, "Vremya I My" or "Time and We" . He was the magazine's sole editor-in-chief until 2001. He published altogether 152 issues of "Vremya I My", France, with its main office located in the United States since 1981. Over 150 Slavic Departments of universities around the globe were subscribed to “Time and We” magazine over the 25 years of its existence, with a full archive of 152 issues still available in their library catalogs today. The full archive is also available at the library of the National Endowment for Democracy, an organization from which 'Time and We' had been receiving a grant for over 10 years. A full electronic archive of 152 issues of "Time and We" is also available on the electronic library "ImWerden". such as poet Alexander Galich, and writers Viktor Nekrasov, Boris Khazanov, and Friedrich Gorenstein. Perelman wrote over 50 essays in "Vremya I My" and reviewed over 100 artists in his magazine under the pen name Viktor Petrovsky,

After his immigration to the United States with an EB-1A Green Card, Perelman's essays were often published in various Russian language publications in the West such as Russkaya Mysl, Novoe Ruskoe Slovo, Panorama, Evreyskaya Gazetta, Megapolis Express, Boston Time, and others. In Russia, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, he also appeared in Russian publications such as Ogoniok, Rodina,

Perelman was known to discover the writer Boris Khazanov and his Time and We Publishing House was the first to translate to the Russian language “KGB Today: The Hidden Hand” by American journalist John Barron .

Viktor Perelman died on November 13, 2003, after a long illness, at his home in Cliffside Park, New Jersey. He was 74 years old. He is buried in Paramus, New Jersey. He is survived by his wife, Alla Perelman, his only daughter, Irina Perelman-Grabois, and three American-born grandchildren Mark Grabois, Lara Grabois and Victoria Grabois.

Books

Perelman was the author of an autobiographical novel in Russian, "Forsaken Russia" ,

Viktor Perelman also ran the "Time and We Publishing House," wherein he published the following books:

John Barron. "KGB Today." First ever translation to Russian. (1984). Aleksander Orlov. "The Secret History of Stalin Crimes." (1991). Vladimir Soloviyov & Elena Klepikova. "The Battle in Kremlin: from Andropov to Gorbachev." (1986).

Boris Khazanov. "Me, Resurrection, and Life." (1985). Gordon Brooke-Shefferd. "The Faith of Soviet Defectors." (1983). Time and We Publishing House (New York). "Almanac of 'Time and We' 1990: Hands Off Venus de Milo." Featuring A. Galich, S. Dovlatov, A. Kestler, and an interview with Joseph Brodsky. (1990). Albin Michel Publishing House (Paris), and Time and We Publishing House (New York). "Le Temps et Nous." 'Time and We' almanac 1990 translated into French. (1990).