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Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas Papers
Kun, Agnes
Hidas, Antal, 1899-
English
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4 linear feet
5 archival document boxes and 1 flat box
1915-1987
The papers comprise the correspondence of Agnes Kun (1915-1990), translator, and Antal Hidas (1899-1980), Hungarian poet, with prominent Russian poets and writers; Antal Hidas's memoirs; and manuscripts of translations from Hungarian and original poetry by famous Russian authors.
9189851 BA#0535
Arrangement
This collection is organized in four series.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is located on-site.
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This collection has no restrictions.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of significant correspondence with prominent Russian poets and writers and manuscripts of translations from Hungarian and original poetry by famous Russian authors. Among authors whose letters and manuscripts are represented in the collection are: Margarita Aliger, Lili Brik, Kornei Chukovskii, Aleksandr Fadeev, Vera Inber, Lev Kopelev, Leonid Martynov, Boris Pasternak, Boris Polevoi, David Samoilov, Boris Slutskii, Nikolai Tikhonov, Nikolai Zabolotskii, and many others. Oversize materials stored in BAR Flat Box #5.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of the Bakhmeteff Archive. The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1994.
Processing Information
Papers processed by Tanya Chebotarev.
Processing Information
Finding aid written by Katia Shraga November 2011.
Accrual
No additons are expected
History
Agnes Kun (January 21, 1915-October 19, 1990), translator and editor, daughter of Bela Kun, wife of Hungarian poet Antal Hidas (12.18.1899-01.22.1980), who in the 1920s immigrated to the Soviet Union. Both Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas went through the Gulag. Kun and Hidas became the main Soviet experts on Hungarian literature. It was under their leadership that many collections of Hungarian poetry were translated and published in the USSR in the 1950s. They returned to Hungary in 1959.
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Hungarian literature
Literature -- Translations into Russian
Russian literature -- 20th century
Correspondence
Manuscripts (documents)
Memoirs
Translations (Documents)
Abašiże, Grigol, 1914-1994
Aliger, Margarita, 1915-1992
Andronikov, Irakliĭ, 1908-1990
Baz͡han, Mykola Platonovych, 1904-1983
Bek, Aleksandr, 1903-1972
Brik, Lili I︠U︡rʹevna
Budennyĭ, S. M (Semen Mikhaĭlovich), 1883-1973
Chukovskiĭ, Korneĭ, 1882-1969
Chukovskiĭ, Nikolaĭ
Fadeev, Aleksandr, 1901-1956
Fedin, Konstantin, 1892-1977
Hidas, Antal, 1899-
Inber, Vera
Isakovskiĭ, M (Mikhail), 1900-1973
Kazakevich, Ėmmanuil, 1913-1962
Kedrin, Dmitriĭ, 1907-1945
Kirsanov, Semen, 1906-1972
Knipovich, E. (Evgenii︠a︡)
Kopelev, Lev, 1912-1997
Kun, Agnes
Larina, Anna
Levik, Vilʹgelʹm
Marshak, S (Samuil), 1887-1964
Martynov, Leonid, 1905-1980
Morit͡s, I͡Unna, 1937-
Orlova, R. D. (Raisa Davydovna)
Papernyĭ, Z (Zinoviĭ), 1919-1996
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960
Pervomaĭsʹkyĭ, Leonid, 1908-1973
Petrovykh, Marii͡a, 1908-1979
Polevoĭ, Boris
Prokofʹev, Aleksandr Andreevich, 1900-1971
Rozhdestvenskiĭ, Robert, 1932-
Rozhdestvenskiĭ, Vsevolod, 1895-1977
Rozov, Viktor, 1913-2004
Samoĭlov, D (David)
Slut͡skiĭ, Boris, 1919-1986
Stelʹmakh, M. P (Mykhaĭlo Panasovych)
Surkov, A. A (Alekseĭ Aleksandrovich), 1899-1983
Tikhonov, Nikolaĭ, 1896-1979
Turkov, A (Andreĭ)
Venclova, Antanas, 1906-1971
Voznesenskiĭ, Andreĭ, 1933-2010
Zharov, Aleksandr, 1904-1984
Series I: Correspondence1941-1982, undatedScope and ContentsThe series consists mainly of letters to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas from prominent Russian authors.
Abashidze, Grigol, to Antal Hidas, Tbilisi1951(1 telegram)11Aliger, Margarita, to Agnes Kun, Moscow19661982(2 autograph letters signed)12Andronikov, Iraklii, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, Moscow19471964(1 autograph letter signed, 1 typed letter signed)13Bazhan, Mykola and Nina, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas19741978undated(3 autograph letters signed, 14 autograph postcards signed)14Bek, Aleksandr, to Agnes KunDecember 14, 1960(1 autograph letter signed)15Belkin, A., to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas3 autograph letters signed, 4 autograph cards signed)1961-1969undated16Borisov, Ivan, to Iren Kun, pos. Shemakhinskii1964General(see Series II: Writings--Subseries II.2: Writings by Others--Borisov (Box 3, Folder 28)
Brik, Lili, to Agnes Kun, Moscow1965(2 autograph letters signed, 1 envelope)17Chukovskaia, MarinaGeneral(see Chukovskii, Nikolai)
Chukovskii, Kornei, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, Moscow195919611963(2 autograph letters signed, 2 autograph postcards signed)18Chukovskii, Nikolai and Marina, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas1953-1973(40 autograph letters signed, 1 typed letter signed, 19 autograph postcards signed, 2 telegrams)19 to 12Fadeev, Aleksandr, to various persons1941-1944undated(2 autograph notes signed, 1 typed letter signed, 1 photocopy of a typed note, 2 envelopes)113Fedin, Konstantin, to Antal Hidas19511960(2 autograph letters signed, 1 autograph postcard signed, 1 envelope)114Inber, Vera, to Agnes Kun, LeningradApril 2, 1949(1 autograph letter signed, including manuscript of poetry translations)115Isakovskii, Mikhail, to Agnes KunApril 20, 1950(1 typed letter signed)116Ishov, Mikhail Mikhailovich, to Antal Hidas, Leningradundated(1 autograph letter signed)117Kazakevich, Ėmmanuil, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, MoscowOctober 1, 1960(1 typed letter signed)118Knipovich, Evgeniia:Letters to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas1956-1978undated(37 autograph letters signed, 15 autograph postcards signed)119 to 22Article on Antal Hidas's novel Gospodin Fitsekundatedtypescript123Letters to Agnes Kun signed by Katia19631973undated124Kopelev, Lev, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, [1957-1974]undated(47 autograph letters signed, 2 typed letters signed, 12 autograph postcards signed, 1 telegram)125 to 27Kozlov Family1984Generalsee Polevoi, Boris (Box 2, Folder 10)
Levik, Vil'gel'm, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas1960-1975undated(12 autograph letters signed, 5 autograph postcards signed, 2 telegrams)128Marmazhov, Il'ia, Antal Hidas1954-1970undated(4 autograph letters signed, 1 autograph postcard signed, 1 telegrams)129Marshak, Samuil, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, IaltaJuly 27, 1963(1 autograph letter signed)130Martynov, Leonid and Nina (nee Popova), to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas1951-1978undated(42 autograph letters signed, 17 autograph postcards signed)131 to 35Mil'chakov, Aleksandr, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, Moscow1966-1969(1 autograph letter signed, 4 autograph postcards signed)136Morits, Iunna, to Agnes Kun, Moscow, [1955](1 autograph letter signed)137Orlova, Raisa DavydovnaGeneralsee Kopelev, Lev
Otten, Petr:To Antal Hidas, Omsk1961-1975undated(5 autograph letters signed, 17 autograph postcards signed)21To Eduard Otten from Antal Hidas1976(1 autograph letter signed)21Papernyi, Zinovii and Valeriia, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, Moscow42 autograph letters signed, 1 autograph postcard signed, 3 telegrams)1960-1976undated22 to 3Pervomaiskii, Leonid:To Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, Kiev, Irpen'1948-1975undated(8 autograph letters signed, 18 typed letters signed, 2 autograph postcards signed)24 to 5Hidas, A. to Leonid Pervomaiskiiundated(2 drafts of a letter)25Polevoi, Boris, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas1959-1984undated(44 autograph letters signed, 9 typed letters signed, 33 autograph postcards signed, 4 telegrams. )26 to 10GeneralThere are also postcards from B. Polevoi's son Aleksei.
Prokof'ev, Aleksandr, to Antal Hidas, Leningrad1961(1 typed letter signed, 1 telegram)211Rozhdestvenskii, Robert, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, undated(1 autograph letter signed)212Rozov, Viktor, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas1964-1968(3 autograph postcards signed)213Samoilov, David, to Agnes Kun[1960s](8 autograph letters signed, 5 typed letters signed)214Stel'makh, Mykhailo, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas[1959]-1974(2 autograph letters signed, 2 autograph postcards signed)215Surkov, Aleksei, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas1960-[1976](7 autograph letters signed, 1 typed letter signed, 8 autograph postcards signed, 7 telegrams)216Tikhonov, Nikolai, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas:Original letters1954-1973undated(6 autograph letters signed, 1 autograph postcard signed)217Typed copies of letters1949-1976(138 pages)218 to 20Treneva, Natal'ia, to Agnes Kun1959-1968undated(5 autograph letters signed, 4 telegrams)221Turkov, Andrei, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas1964-1973undated(11 autograph letters signed, 4 autograph postcards signed)222Venclova, Antanas, to Antal Hidas19531963(3 autograph letters signed)223Zabolotskii-Kaverin Family, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas1973undated(2 autograph letters signed, 2 autograph postcards signed)224Zharov, Aleksandr, to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas, MoscowDecember 31, 1959(1 typed postcard signed)225Series II: Writings1940-1987, undatedScope and ContentsThe series comprises mainly manuscripts of Antal Hidas and famous Russian poets. Organized in two Subseries.
Subseries II.1: Antal Hidas's Writings1943-1968, undatedScope and ContentsContains typescript with holograph corrections of Hidas's memoirs. The memoirs are compilation of Hidas's essays written in various years. Arranged according to page numeration.
Memoirs(carbon copy of typescript with holograph corrections):"Razgovor s samim soboi"undated31"Kak ia liubliu vas, rebiata!"196332Scope and Contents(about A. Fadeev)
"Nedostaet odnogo cheloveka"196733Scope and Contents(about Bruno Jasienski)
"Samoe glavnoe" (about Gorkii)undated34"Pered romanom"196235"Dorogie moi… khoroshie…"undated36"Pamflet i ego istoriia"196837"Romanticheskii revoliutsioner"1961-196738Scope and Contents(about Karikas)
"Na den' rozhdeniia"undated39"Byli i budut…"1966310Scope and Contents(about I. Mikitenko)
"Avtoportret"1943311"Pobedil on - Miklosh Radnoti"undated312"Slovo k molodym"undated313"My pered nim v dolgu"undated314Scope and Contents(about Maiakovskii)
"Mon Diue!"undated315'Stroki, obletevshie mir"undated316"Oblaka: rech', proiznesennaia v Borzhomi na soveshchanii poetov za kruglym stolom"1966317"Razgovor s chepel'tsami"undated318"Dvorik ty moi dvorik: Bela Bartok v Moskve"undated319"Seismograf i dvigatel' dushi"undated320Scope and Contents(about L. Martynov)
"Na strazhe dobra"undated321"Moi otvet"undated322"Perelistaem zimu"undated323"Duet veterok s Dunaia"undated324Scope and Contents(about Mate Zalka)
"Miniatiury"undated325"Obeliski postaviat im"undated326Subseries II.2: Writings by Others1940-1987, undatedScope and ContentsThe Subseries contains mainly holograph manuscript and typescripts of original poetry and translations by famous Russian poets, such as Boris Pasternak, Nikolai Chukovskii, Mariia Petrovykh, Semen Kirsanov, Boris Slutskii, David Samoilov, Leonid Pervomaiskii, Leonid Martynov, Vsevolod Rozhdestvenskii, Andrei Voznesenskii, Nikolai Zabolotskii. Zabolotskii's writings include a bound typed manuscript "Stolbtsy i poemy. Stikhotvoreniia." N. Zabolotskii compiled this book of his poems in 1958 and considered it a complete edition of his poetry. This handmade book is one of seven copies. The Subseries also includes memoirs of Ivan Borisov and Ferenc Jancsik, and Semen Budennyi's essay on Bela Kun. There is also a photograph of Ivan Borisov, which remains with his memoirs, and three drawings of Leonid Martynov, which are stored along with his writings.
Akhmatova, Anna. "Requiem"undated327Scope and Contents(samizdat typescript received from A. Akhmatova)
Borisov, Ivan Kuz'mich. "Tragicheskaia ispoved' Litvinova Vladimira Pavlovicha - zhivshego s 1892 goda po 1950"18921964(typescript with holograph corrections; Borisov's photograph, [1918])328 to 32Budennyi, Semen. "Nash drug Bela Kun"undated(signed typescript, 5 pages)41Chukovskii, Nikolai. Translation of Sandor Petofi's poemundated(typescript with holograph corrections of Agnes Kun, 4 pages)42Inber, Vera. Translation of Endre Ady's poemsholograph manuscriptGeneralsee Series I: Correspondence--Inber (Box 1, Folder 15)
Jancsik, Ferenc. "Ispoved' vengerskogo kommunista"1987(carbon copy of typescript, signed, 16 pages)43Kedrin, Dmitrii. Translation of Sandor Petofi's poemsundated(holograph manuscript, 32 pages)44Kirsanov, Semen. Original poem and translation1962undated(typescript with holograph corrections; original poem is signed; 5 pages)45Knipovich, Evgeniia. Article on Antal Hidas's novel "Gospodin Fitsek"typescript with holograph correctionsGeneralsee Series I: Correspondence--Knipovich (Box 1, Folder 23)
Kopelev, Lev:"Berlin. Nachalo vesny shest'desiat chetvertogo goda"undatedcarbon copy of typescript with holograph corrections; 64 pages)46"Poeziia muzhestva i dobra"undatedsigned typescript with holograph corrections; 11 pages)47"Sila i nezhnost'"undated(typescript of synopsis of his book about Antal Hidas; 2 pages)48Larina, Anna (aka Larina-Bukharina). Transcript of Nikolai Bukharin's letter of 1937 "Budushchim pokoleniiam rukovoditelei partii" with her foreword19371987(holograph manuscript; 4 pages)49Levik, Vil'gel'm. Translation of Sandor Petofi's poemundated(typescript with holograph corrections; 1 page)410Martynov, Leonid:Translations of Janos Arany's, Endre Ady's, Attila Jozsef's, and Antal Hidas's poems, and Mihaly Vorosmarty's drama,undatedtypescripts and holograph manuscripts411 to 15Poemy. Moskva: Sovetskii pisatel'1940416Scope and Contents(book with Martynov's inscription to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas)
Various poetry and translationsGeneralsee Series I: Correspondence--Martynov (Box 1, Folders 31-35)
Drawingsundated(3 pencil drawings)417Pasternak, Boris. Translations from Hungarianundated(typescripts with holograph corrections; total in three folders - 53 sheets; in folder 20 "Translations of Petefi" pages 18, 19, 30-35 are absent within consecutive numbering 1 through 38)418-20Pervomaiskii, Leonid. Draft of poem1972Generalsee Series I: Correspondence--Pervomaiskii (Box 2, Folder 5)
Petrovykh, Mariia. Translations of Sandor Petofi's poemsundated(signed typescripts with holograph corrections; 4 pages)51Rozhdestvenskii, Vsevolod. Translations of Sandor Petofi's poemsundated(holograph manuscripts; 3 pages)52Samoilov, David. "Detskii risunok"undated(typescript of poem; 1 page)53Slutskii, Boris. Translations of Antal Hidas's poems; article about Endre Ady; original poetryundated(typescripts and holograph manuscripts; 11 pages)54Tikhonov, Nikolai. Translations of Sandor Petofi's and Antal Hidas's poems
undated(signed typescripts with holograph corrections; 6 pages)55Voznesenskii, Andrei. Original poems1962undated(typescripts with holograph corrections; 21 pages)56Zabolotskii, Nikolai:"Stirka bel'ia"undated(holograph manuscript of poem; 1 page)57"Stolbtsy i poemy. Stikhotvoreniia"58Scope and Contents(Bound typescript. This handmade book is one of seven copies. N. Zabolotskii compiled this book in 1958 and considered it as a complete edition of his poetry)
"Stonet Dunai." Translations of Antal Hidas's poems1946(holograph manuscript; 15 pages)59Series III: Printed Materials1917-1944, undatedScope and ContentsThe Series includes are edition of Maiakovskii's
Liubliu (which is claimed to be from Lili Brik's personal library; Martynov' Poemy with inscription to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas; Communist and Soviet propaganda pamphlets, 1918-1944; and nine issues of the newspaper Edinstvo of 1917. The newspapers are stored in BAR Flat box #5. All items of this series are cataloged in CLIO.Books:Maiakovskii, Vladimir. Liubliuundated510Scope and Contents(from Lili Brik's personal library)
Martynov, Leonid. Poemy. Moskva: Sovetskii pisatel'1940Generalsee Series II: Writings--Subseries II.2: Writings by Others--Martynov (Box 4, Folder 16)
Scope and Contents(book with Martynov's inscription to Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas)
Communist and Soviet propaganda pamphlets1918-1944511-13Periodicals:Edinstvo: ezhednevnaia rabochaia gazeta, pod redaktsiei G. V. Plekhanova1917Flat Box #5Scope and Contentsno.13, 16-18, 26, 29, 34, 44, 47
Series IV: Third Parties Materials1915-1947Scope and ContentsThe Series comprises of personal documents (various IDs) of M. Martsinovich, E. Pokras, and A. Razorenova.
Personal Documents of:514Martsinovich, Mariia1923-1942Pokras, Evgeniia1929-1943Razorenova, Aleksandra1915Unidentified1947