Nabokov (Nicolas), 1943-1965

File

MS. Berlin 270

Held at the Weston Library

Written in Russian (predominantly) and English

Includes letters about:

(fol. 15) news of several members of the intelligentsia in the Soviet Union, including Akhmatova, Zoshchenko, Shostakovich and Prokoviev, 1947
(fols. 86-89) Auden's series 'Bucolics', including poems dedicated to Nabokov and Berlin, together with comments on Berenson, [1953]
(fol. 97) sending a note to Boris Pasternak, 1954
(fols. 163-176, 187) the Tolstoy conference, organised by Nabokov, at which Berlin gave a paper, 1959-1960
(fol. 178) the difficulty of Boris Pasternak's position in the Soviet Union, 1959
(fols. 204, 215-216) Stravinsky, especially his composition for the Jerusalem Music Festival, 1961-1962

Dates

225 Leaves

MS. Berlin 270

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