CHRISTINA

OBOLENSKAYA

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Times Literary Supplement

March 22, 2024

“For the Good of the Cause — Writers for whom political commitment came first”

Auguste-Maurice Barrès, Gabriele D’Annunzio, Maxim Gorky and Ding Ling – what connects these four disparate figures? According to Simon Ings they are all authors who wielded their “creative weaponry” for political ends. He brings them together in Engineers of Human Souls, although the book also has a broader theme: an author’s relation to the political leaders of his or her time.

BIO

I am currently working as a junior communications manager for the London-based company Apolitical. In my free time, I write for literary publications, such as Literary Hub, Harvard Review, and Ploughshares.

I am pursuing a masters in global history based out of Columbia University and the London School of Economics. I received my bachelors degree from Wellesley College.

In the past, I worked with research teams based out of Business Insider, Harvard Law School, and MIT Sloan School of Management. I live in London with my chocolate labrador Mia.