Hm, I don't know maybe Sergei Lukyanenko, Zakhar Prilepin, Alexander Prokhanov... And the narrative "they aren't very famous in the West, so it doesn't count" isn't working here. Literature had and still has a huge value as a propaganda tool. It has the power to influence people, manipulate them even. Those authors I've mentioned are either vocal supporters of the Kremlin or work for a propaganda machine themselves. If you didn't hear about them doesn't mean they don't exist. Zakhar Prilepin raised funds and coordinated material support for pro-russian military forces fighting in Ukraine through his own charitable foundation. Other pro-war public figures, including nationalist "Z-poets" and state-aligned war correspondents, have used book royalties or crowdfunding platforms to supply gear to russian troops.
The one thing you're forgetting is that "famous russian literature" is used as a propaganda instrument to influence western audiences by appealing to the narrative about "priceless world heritage". But there is a price - thousands of Ukrainians being killed and not only Ukrainians. Would you like to talk about the USSR and russian authors working for the regiment against their own colleagues? The Union of Soviet Writers used a centralized apparatus of russian-dominated leadership and loyalist figures to enforce ideological conformity, draft collective denunciations, and produce state propaganda against any dissident colleagues across the entire USSR. You should really educate yourself on the topic before speaking. And the best way to start is The "Executed Renaissance" (Rozstriliane vidrodzhennia). And the dumbest argument "they are dead already". Well they might have offspring? They could have a succession (built on books that spread a hateful agenda). But I digress. The point is that we didn't have a problem cancelling books of D.H. Lawrence and Mark Twain despite them being dead. Yes, it was long ago, but people did it, because they thought they were problematic. Toni Morrison, Laura Ingalls Wilder, damn, even Dr. Seuss. Several notable authors have experienced sharp modern re-evaluations, posthumous "cancellation" over controversial views, or targeted efforts to remove their books from school programs. But somehow when it comes to russian literature - it's intouchable. Nabokov with his deliberate rejection of political and social morality in art and disturbing obsession with underaged girls' bodies. Tolstoy, who was not only an open misogynist but also an abuser towards his own wife (but yeah, we skip that because "worlds heritage" yeah, yeah). Or Dostoevsky, who was considered anti-Semitic. And a lot of their beliefs are depicted and promoted in their writings. Should I continue?
As I said don't cherry-pick only those who are unpleasant to you personally. If the author or literature in general is problematic - it should be cancelled. And probably we should start we all those fuckers from Ep files. You know what I do? Before buying a book I do a little research if the person that wrote it isn't controversial. If they have a "reputation" - I don't buy a book. No matter how famous they are, how "valuable" the lessons in those books are. Don't care! If another person must have suffered for that book to be written: if someone got targeted, abused (physically, mentally, sexually, financially), humiliated - it's a fucking trash to me. Period. And it should work for every case, not only if I dislike someone personally. Hope this helps.
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