Roman Grynberg Correspondence and Manuscripts, 1930-1970

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Ms Coll/Grynberg
Bib ID:
4077581 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
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; Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
75 items (1 box)
Language(s):
Russian .
Additional Description:
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/ldpd_bak_4077581.pdf
Access:
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Description

Summary

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.

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.

This collection is located on-site.

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

Correspondence and manuscripts: Source of acquisition--Sophie Grynberg. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--1980.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Correspondence and manuscripts Accessioned 1980.

Correspondence and manuscripts Processed 02/--/81.

Biographical sketch

Former editor of the literary alamanacs "Opyty" and "Vozdushnye Puti.".

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Letters (correspondence) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Russian literature -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID