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Nabokov (Nicolas), 1966-1978

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MS. Berlin 271
Held at the Weston Library

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Written in Russian (predominantly) and English

Includes letters about:

  1. (fol. 6) the Jerusalem Music Festival, 1966
  2. (fols. 7-9) Berlin's interview with Henry Brandon, published in the Sunday Times without authority, 1966
  3. (fols. 52-53) Robert Lowell and W.H. Auden, 1970
  4. (fols. 54-60) Irina Odoevtseva's memoirs of Mandel'shtam and Gumilev, 1970
  5. (fol. 61) the photographer Roman Vishniac, 1970
  6. (fol. 76) a ceremony relating to the burial of Stravinsky next to Diaghilev; and the death of Edgar Wind, 1971
  7. (fols. 90-91) Berlin's Romanes Lecture on Turgenev, 1973
  8. (fol. 110) Middle East politics, including comments on Kissinger, 1975
  9. (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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Weston Library
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