'They try to turn Osip Mandelstam into the state poet'

An interview with professor Oleg Lekmanov*, the author of a new Mandelstam's biography

The famous Russian web portal 'Afisha Daily' publishes the interview with professor Oleg Lekmanov* whose new Osip Mandelstam's biography has just been out in AST publishing house.  
Oleg Lekmanov* discusses Mandelstam's reputation in contemporary Russia, the fate of his poems under the Soviet regime, the problems of writing the biography.
The full version of the interview (in Russian) is available here.

* Олег Лекманов (O. Lekmanov) включен Минюстом в реестр иностранных агентов.