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Roman Grynberg Correspondence and Manuscripts, 1930-1970

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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
Title Roman Grynberg Correspondence and Manuscripts, 1930-1970
Physical Description 75 items (1 box)
Language(s) Russian .
Additional Description http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/ldpd_bak_4077581.pdf
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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.

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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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Accruals

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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

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Processing Information

Correspondence and manuscripts Accessioned 1980.

Correspondence and manuscripts Processed 02/--/81.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"		 "CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"		 "Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Letters (correspondence) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Poems Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"		 "CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"		 "Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Russian literature -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

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