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The bulk of the collection consists of Sergei Gornyi's correspondence and his writings. There are also personal documents, biographical materials, reviews and critiques of his prose and poetry, a few photographs, letters addressed to his wife Ekaterina Nikolaevna Otsup, and her memoirs. Sergei Gornyi's and Ekaterina Otsup's correspondence contains letters from several prominent people, such as Maria Hippius, Ivan Aleksandrovich Il'in, Arthur Luther, Ivan Ivanovich Manukhin, Nikolai Otsup, Elena Sergeevna Pil'skaia, Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Teffi. The collection contains manuscripts of Gornyi's writings as well as his printed works. There are cross-references provided throughout the finding aid. When the cross-reference refers to another item within the same series, the reference includes the specific name or title and box and folder number (this also applies to the references within same subseries). If the cross-reference is to an item in another series, the reference includes the series number, series name, folder title, and box and folder numbers (this also applies to references to the items in another subseries).
This collection is organized in five series.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Sergei Gornyi (Aleksandr Otsup) Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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1997.1998.M14: Source of acquisition--Gornyi Family. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1997 December.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Papers processed Tanya Chebotarev Katia Shraga 10/--/2011.
Finding aid written Katia Shraga 10/--/2011.
2011-09-30 xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Sergei Gornyi (pseudonym of Aleksandr-Mark Avdeevich Otsup), Russian poet and writer, was born on July 28, 1882 in Ostrov, Pskov Region. He was an older brother of poets Nikolai Otsup and Georgii Otsup (pen name G. Raevskii).
Sergei Gornyi graduated with a gold medal from the Nikolaev Gymnasium in Tsarskoe Selo and then in 1908 from the Institute of Mining in Saint-Petersburg. He started publishing his works in satirical publications in 1906. In 1911, Gornyi's first book with satirical short stories was published. His feuilletons, parodies, and poetry appeared in Satirikon, Novyi Satiricon, and many other publications.
After graduation, Gornyi and his wife moved to Ekaterinoslav where he started a successful career as an entrepreneur. After the revolution of 1917, Gornyi moved to Kiev, and then to Odessa. In 1919, he served in Denikin's army, was wounded and captured by Makhnovtsy. In 1920, Gornyi was evacuated from Novorossiisk to Cyprus and in 1922 moved to Berlin. In emigration, Sergei Gornyi wrote prose and poetry, publishing books in Russian and German. His writings were published in Russian emigre, German, French, and Spanish periodicals. After World War II, he published two collections of short stories and a collection of poetry in German. Sergei Gornyi died on September 16, 1948 in Madrid and was buried there.
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The series consists of Sergei Gornyi's correspondence and letters to Ekaterina Nikolaevna Otsup and includes letters from several prominent figures. Organized in two subseries.
Contains letters to Sergei Gornyi from various people (including letters from readers), correspondence with publishers, and outgoing letters including Gornyi's letters to his daughter. Arranged alphabetically. Unidentified, outgoing correspondence, and correspondence with publishers placed at the end of the Subseries.
Box 1 Folder 1
Box 1 Folder 1
Box 1 Folder 1
Box 1 Folder 1
Box 1 Folder 2
Box 1 Folder 2
Box 1 Folder 2
Box 1 Folder 3
(including typescript of his article. See also Correspondence with Publishers, Box 1, Folder 15)
Box 1 Folder 4
Box 1 Folder 5
Box 1 Folder 5
(typescript copy)
Box 1 Folder 6
Box 1 Folder 7
Box 1 Folder 7
Box 1 Folder 8
Box 1 Folder 8
Box 1 Folder 8
Box 1 Folder 9
Box 1 Folder 9
(including 1 letter to Gornyi's daughter Liudmila)
Box 1 Folder 10
(including manuscript of her poem dedicated to S.Gornyi)
Box 1 Folder 11
Box 1 Folder 11
Box 1 Folder 11
Box 1 Folder 12
Box 1 Folder 12
Box 1 Folder 13
Box 1 Folder 14
(including manuscripts of S.Gornyi poems)
Box 1 Folder 14
Box 1 Folder 15
(including advertisements and reviews)
Comprises mostly letters of condolences. Organized in alphabetical order.
Box 1 Folder 16
Box 1 Folder 16
Box 1 Folder 17
Box 1 Folder 18
Box 1 Folder 18
Box 1 Folder 18
Box 1 Folder 18
(1 letter addressed to Arthur Luther; 1 - to Ekaterina Otsup)
Box 1 Folder 19
The series comprises manuscripts of Sergei Gornyi's literary works and printed writings. Arranged in two subseries.
Holograph manuscripts and typescripts of prose (short stories and essays), poetry, and plays in Russian, German, and Spanish. There are also some diary entries of unspecified year in the notebook with manuscripts. Materials organized in several groups - prose, poetry, plays, and diaries - and then arranged by language within each of them. Collection of writing that includes both poetry and prose are placed at the beginning of the Subseries.
Box 1 Folder 20 to 22
(contain some diary entries. Manuscripts in three bound notebooks)
Box 1 Folder 23
Box 1 Folder 24
Box 1 Folder 25
Box 1 Folder 26 to 28
Box 2 Folder 1
Box 2 Folder 2
Box 2 Folder 3
Box 2 Folder 4
Box 2 Folder 5
Box 2 Folder 6
Box 2 Folder 7
Box 2 Folder 8
Box 2 Folder 9
Box 2 Folder 10
Box 2 Folder 11
Box 2 Folder 12
Box 2 Folder 13
Box 2 Folder 14
Box 2 Folder 15
Box 2 Folder 16
Box 2 Folder 17
Box 2 Folder 18
Box 2 Folder 19
Box 2 Folder 20
Box 2 Folder 21
Box 2 Folder 22
Box 2 Folder 23
Box 2 Folder 24
Box 2 Folder 25
Box 2 Folder 26
Box 2 Folder 27
Box 2 Folder 28
Box 2 Folder 29
Box 2 Folder 30
Box 2 Folder 31
Box 2 Folder 32 to 34
Box 2 Folder 35
(manuscript, one original illustration, foreword by Peter Posse)
Box 2 Folder 36
Box 2 Folder 37 to 39
Box 3 Folder 1
(in collaboration with Alejandro Botzaris. Bound carbon copy of typescript in Spanish)
Box 3 Folder 2
(selected acts in Russian)
Books by S. Gornyi and periodicals with his publications in Russian and German.
Box 3
Box 3
Box 3
Box 3
Box 3
(2 copies. 1 copy is with S. Gornyi's inscription to Arthur Luther dated September 17, 1932)
Box 3
Box 3
Box 3
Box 4
Box 4 Folder 1
Box 4
Box 4
Box 4 Folder 2
Box 4
Box 4
Box 4
Box 4
Box 4
Box 4 Folder 3
(publications in Russian and German. Arranged alphabetically)
This series arranged in two Subseries.
The Subseries contains Gornyi's autobiographies, CVs, testimonials on his behalf by various people, personal documents, bibliography and other biographical materials.
Box 5 Folder 1
Box 5 Folder 2
Box 5 Folder 3
Box 5 Folder 3
Box 5 Folder 4
Box 5 Folder 5
Box 5 Folder 6
Contains reviews of Sergei Gornyi's writings from Russian, German, French, and Spanish press. See also Series 1: Correspondence--Correspondence with Publishers, Box 1, Folder 15
Box 5 Folder 7
Box 5 Folder 8
Box 5 Folder 9
There is a photograph of Rita von Gaudecker and funeral photograph of Sergei Gornyi (his photo on the Membership card of 1926 is stored along with his personal documents in Series III--Subseries III.1: Biographical Materials).
Box 5 Folder 10
Box 5 Folder 10
(two black and white prints)
The series includes memoirs of Ekaterina Otsup and writings by various authors sent to S. Gornyi for critique.
Box 5 Folder 11 to 12
(manuscript in 2 notebooks)
Box 5 Folder 13
(In German)