Petr Aleksandrovich Pletnev Memoirs, 1946-1957

Collection context

Creator:
Pletnev, Petr Aleksandrovich
Extent:
9 items (1 box)
Language:
Russian .
Scope and content:

Pletnev's typescript memoirs include the following: His autobiography"Nikchemnai︠a︡ zhizn"́ (475 p.); "Den ́v Peterburge" (48 p.), with a description of St. Petersburg and in particular its cultural life before World War I; "U mori︠a︡" (5 p.), on the author's dacha near St. Petersburg; and "Den ́v Gaage" (30 p.), on his visits to a friend in the Hague in the years after the 1917 revolution. The manuscripts are in the third person; the central figure, Oborin, is Pletnev.

Biographical / historical:

Grandson and namesake of a former rector of St. Petersburg University and friend of Aleksandr Pushkin.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Nikchemnai︠a︡ zhizn ́closed to 1 January 1986.

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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