Roman Grynberg Correspondence and Manuscripts, 1930-1970

Collection context

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 (1 box)
Language:
Russian .
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.".

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
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