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Three letters from Ivan Alekseevich Bunin and two letters Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov to Andrei Grigor'evich Blok.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Andrei Grigor'evich Blok Letters; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Letters: Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1954.
Letters: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1954.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Letters Accessioned 1954.
Letters Accessioned 1954.
Letters Processed 12/--/78.
Formerly part of Bakhmeteff (BAR) General Ms Collection with Coll No. BAR Gen Ms Coll/Blok.
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Andrei Grigor'evich Blok, writer, journalist, poet, translator. He wrote poems in Russian, and after settling in France around 1923 he started working with many French newspapers and magazines switching completely to writing in French. He also authored novels, translated libretto from different languages (including "Don Quixote" for Shaliapin, many works of Grechaninov). Worked with the "Combat" newspaper. In 1953 he was in his 50s.
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