Boris Nosik Papers, 1960-2010
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- BA#0544
- Bib ID:
- 11552369 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Nosik, Boris
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 13.75 linear feet (11 manuscript boxes)
- Language(s):
- English , Russian .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, drafts, notes, diaries, notebooks and printed materials of Russian-French journalist, translator, and writer Boris Nosik (Nossik). The materials include published and unpublished writings and translations, by Boris Nosik, materials pertaining to his work on BBC radio broadcasts, as well as reviews, clippings, photographs and digital media.
Arrangement
This collection is unprocessed.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Boris Nosik Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2015.2016.M055: Source of acquisition--Alyona Nossik. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--8/25/2015.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.
Revision Description
07/14/2020 Biographical note was written by Tanya Chebotarev and added to the record by Katia Shraga. Authorities updated, ksd
Biographical / Historical
Boris Nosik (March 10, 1931 - February 21, 2015), Russian-French journalist, translator, and writer. A brilliant stylist and true intellectual, he wrote prose, in which sadness and laughter go hand in hand, and where tragedy often coexists with farce. A talented translator of Anglophone literature, a biographer of Akhmatova, Modigliani, Nabokov, and Schweitzer.
Boris Nosik (variation of last name spelling - Nossik) was born in Moscow in 1931, graduated from Moscow University with MA in Journalism in 1953 and later Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages with concentration in English language.
In 1954, Nosik was enlisted in the Soviet army and spent two years in Echmiadzin, the city where the main temple of Armenian Gregorian Church is located with the residence of the Catholicos of all Armenians. After coming back to Moscow, Boris started working at the editorial office of the State Radio Committee which broadcast in different languages to various countries.
In 1961, he completely changed his occupation and worked as a sailor never stopping his writing and translating efforts.
His first book Ot Dunaia do Leny (From Danube to Lena) was published in 1965. He then authored many biographies of prominent Russian and Western intellectuals and writers. His most popular book about German theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician Albert Schweitzer was translated into German and published in Germany 8 times.
In 1982, he immigrated to France and lived in Paris, Champagne, and Nice. His Progulki vokrug Parizha (Strolls around Paris) and other culture and travel guides of France will be read by many generations of travelers.
Boris Nosik died in Nice in 2015.
Subject Headings
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