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October 1, 2010 - 9:52am — birdie

Great word for Banned Books Week...samizdat.

from Anu Garg's A.Word.A.Day PRONUNCIATION: (SAH-miz-daht)

MEANING:
noun: An underground publishing system used to print and circulate banned literature clandestinely. Also, such literature.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Russian samizdat, from samo- (self) + izdatelstvo (publishing house), from izdat (to publish). Coined facetiously on the model of Gosizdat (State Publishing House).

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October 1, 2010 - 12:46pm — Bibliofuture

Samizdat

Here is an entry I had about samizdat on LISNEWS in 2007. Only point being that if you follow LISNEWS you will be well informed.

Thanks Birdie for posting today's entry about Samizdat. This is an extra relevant topic because it is banned book week.

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October 1, 2010 - 12:58pm — Anonymous

for a sec, I thought it said, "scamizdat," the infamous...

anti-scientology person/thingie

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October 2, 2010 - 11:58pm — Bibliofuture

Samizdat book

Book: Samizdat: Voices of the Soviet Opposition

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