George Louis Kline papers 1965-2000

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George Louis Kline papers 1965-2000

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The collection documents George L. Kline's work as a translator for Joseph Brodsky and related activities, including the translation of other Russian prose and poetry and scholarship on Russian literature. Included are correspondence, drafts of Brodsky's poems and Kline's English translations, sound recordings of Brodsky, and photographs of Brodsky and others. Other than Brodsky, correspondents include W. H. Auden, Nina Berberova, Leonid Chertkov, Anthony Hecht, Lev Losev, Faith Wizgell and Igor Efimov. Manuscripts include signed typescripts of several of Brodsky's poems and typescript poems of Evgenii Rein inscribed to Joseph Brodsky. Among the sound recordings is a recording of Brodsky reciting his poems in 1968 in his Leningrad apartment, recorded by George Kline.

5.0 linear feet (5 boxes)

eng,

rus,

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349403

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Reĭn, Evgeniĭ

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Kline, George L. (George Louis), 1921-

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George L. Kline, professor emeritus at Bryn Mawr College, is a scholar of philosophy and literature and translates Russian prose and poetry. His translations include the poetry of Joseph Brodsky, Marina Tsvetaeva and Anna Akhmatova. From the description of George Louis Kline papers, 1965-2000. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702194823 From the guide to the George Louis Kline papers, 1965-2000, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) ...

Berberova, Nina Nikolaevna

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Nina Berberova, 1901-1993, Russian émigré writer, author of Kursiv Moĭ, friend of the poet Vladislav Khodasevich. From the description of Nina Berberova papers, 1891-1993 (bulk 1950-1993). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77752396 From the description of Nina Berberova papers, 1891-1993 (bulk 1950-1993). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148179 Nina Nikolaevna Berberova was born on August 8, 1901 (July 26, 1901, old style) in St. Petersburg, Russia. He...

Efimov, Igorʹ Markovich

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Chertkov, Leonid, 1933-2000

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Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996

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Iosif Alexandrovich Brodsky (Joseph Brodsky) (1940-1996), a Russian poet, was born May 24, 1940 in Leningrad, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia) to Jewish parents. He left school at the age of fifteen to study independently, teaching himself English and Polish. In 1964 he was arrested by Soviet authorities on charges of "social parasitism" and sentenced to five years of hard labor on a state farm near the Arctic Circle. He was released after serving less than two years of his sentence, but in 1972 he...

Wigzell, Faith.

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Reĭn, Evgeniĭ.

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Losev, Lev, 1937-2009

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Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973

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Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973), poet, was born in York, England, on February 21, 1907. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, from 1925-1928, then served as a schoolmaster in various institutions in England and Scotland from 1930 to 1935, including The Downs School in Colwell. In 1935 Auden married Erika Mann, a writer and the daughter of Thomas Mann, so that she could gain British Citizenship and escape Nazi Germany. Although the two never lived together, they remained married until Mann's death in ...

Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000974.0x0003a1 Anthony Hecht (1923-2004), poet, professor and critic, born in New York, New York. From the description of Anthony Hecht papers, 1894-2004. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 213097553 ...