Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Grynberg, Roman, 1893-1969, Adamovich, Georgiĭ, Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977, Nabokova, Vera, Tager, E. M. (Elena Mikhaĭlovna), Tuwim, Julian, 1894-1953, T︠S︡vetaeva, Marina, 1892-1941, and Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972
- Extent:
- 75 items and 1 box
- Language:
- Russian .
Background
- Scope and Content:
Letters addressed to Roman Grynberg, and a few to his wife, Sophie. Included are 28 letters by Vladimir Nabokov (1943-63); 29 by Edmund Wilson (1943-70); 3 by Julian Tuwim (1944-47); 10 by Georgiĭ Adamovich (1962-64); and 1 by Vera Nabokova (1962). Also included are a poem by Nabokov"Romanu i Sone ot geroi︠a︡ 'Dara;'" a corrected galley proof by Wilson for the New Yorker"Seeing Chekhov Plain;" a typescript of a poem by Marina T︠S︡vetaeva, beginning "Zerna ognennogo t︠s︡veta;" and a series of poems, by Elena [Mikhaĭlovna?] Tager, written in the Soviet Union in 1946-54.
- Biographical / Historical:
Former editor of the literary alamanacs "Opyty" and "Vozdushnye Puti.".
- Acquisition information:
- Correspondence and manuscripts: Source of acquisition--Sophie Grynberg. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--1980.
- Processing information:
Correspondence and manuscripts Accessioned 1980.
Correspondence and manuscripts Processed 02/--/81.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- aapm
Indexed Terms
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu