Nabokov (Nicolas), 1966-1978
File
MS. Berlin 271
Held at the Weston Library
Written in Russian (predominantly) and English
Includes letters about:
- (fol. 6) the Jerusalem Music Festival, 1966
- (fols. 7-9) Berlin's interview with Henry Brandon, published in the Sunday Times without authority, 1966
- (fols. 52-53) Robert Lowell and W.H. Auden, 1970
- (fols. 54-60) Irina Odoevtseva's memoirs of Mandel'shtam and Gumilev, 1970
- (fol. 61) the photographer Roman Vishniac, 1970
- (fol. 76) a ceremony relating to the burial of Stravinsky next to Diaghilev; and the death of Edgar Wind, 1971
- (fols. 90-91) Berlin's Romanes Lecture on Turgenev, 1973
- (fol. 110) Middle East politics, including comments on Kissinger, 1975
- (fols. 127-130) the possibility of working with Joseph Brodsky on an opera , 1977
Dates
- Creation: 1966-1978
Extent
160 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Berlin 271
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk