Живой журнал Николая Коляды как пример открытой переписки в цифровую эпоху

Abstract

In just three decades of his literary activity Nikolai Kolada became an icon of Russian contemporary drama. He does not stay enclosed in the world of theatre and drama writing. On the contrary, Kolada has one more stage from which he enters into interaction with the recipients – this is his livejournal called Kolyadnik. The traditional letter serves to pass information to people with whom we do not have direct contact. The same concern informs – Kolada‘s livejournal which gives the dramatist the opportunity to transmit his words to an unlimited number of recipients at the same time and the message is available to anyone at any time.

In his digital letters Kolada often wants to draw the attention of the readers to things that moved him, shocked him or made him laugh. A considerable part of Kolada‘s texts can be regarded as advertisements in which he announces the events that take place in his theatre. There is also information that concerns the “Kolada plays“ festival and many other events. Undoubtedly, the unique part of the livejournal constitutes very emotional autobiographical episodes in which Kolada goes back to memories from his private life. He tells the readers about his family, and his childhood. In this fashion, he is not only the author of the text but for the recipients he also becomes the hero of his own story. Kolyadnik is a mean of two way communication as the readers are able to leave their comments to every text written by the playwright and they willingly do so. As one of the first such writers, Kolada discovered the possibilities of digital means of communication. He started his livejournal ten years ago and he continues to communicate with a wide internet public as the livejournal stays open and develops every day.