Evgenii Ivanovich Zamiatin Papers, 1914-1962

Creator:: Zami︠a︡tin, Evgeniĭ Ivanovich, 1884-1937, Fedin, Konstantin, 1892-1977, Grigorʹev, Boris, 1886-1939, Barbusse, Henri, 1873-1935, DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959, Maurois, André, 1885-1967, and Remizov, Alekseĭ, 1877-1957
Extent:: 630 items (5 boxes)
Language:: Russian .
Scope and content:: Papers of E.I. Zami︠a︡tin. The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and clippings. There are 9 letters by Konstantin Fedin, 3 by Boris Grigorév, and 1 or 2 each by Henri Barbusse, Cecil B. DeMille, Andrʹe Maurois, Alekseĭ Remizov, and Zami︠a︡tin himself. The manuscripts are chiefly brief or fragmentary works, including film scenarios, summaries of plays, essays, lectures, notes, and fragments. Longer works include the "Afrikanskiĭ gost́" lectures on prose given in 1920, and the posthumously published novel "Bich bozhiĭ" and "Lit︠s︡a". Also included are clippings on Zami︠a︡tin, chiefly from Soviet, Czech, French and Russian emigre periodicals, also transcripts of selected correspondence and manuscripts in the collection.
Biographical / historical:: Writer.

Acquisition information:

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1956.

transcripts: Source of acquisition--Alexander Tiurin. Method of acquisition--gift; Date of acquisition--06/--/89.

Processing information:

Papers Accessioned 1956.

Papers Processed 04/--/81.

transcripts processed ejs 06/30/89.

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