Letters to John Cournos, 1917-1924.

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Letters to John Cournos, 1917-1924.

Also includes a letter to Ivan Aleksandrovich Riazanovskii introducing Cournos.

1 v. (1 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8301188

Houghton Library

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Cournos, John, 1881-1966

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John Cournos, born Ivan Grigorievich Korshun (Иван Григорьевич Коршун; he himself used the form Johann Gregorevich for his original name) (6 March 1881 – 27 August 1966), was a writer and translator of Russian-Jewish background who spent his later life in exile. Cournos was born in Zhitomir, Russian Empire, and his first language was Yiddish; he studied Russian, German and Hebrew, with a tutor at home. When he was ten years old his family emigrated to Philadelphia, where he learned English. ...

Riazanovskii, Ivan Aleksandrovich,

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Remizov, Alexeï

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Russian author. From the description of Ved'ma-koshcha Aleksei Remizova [manuscript] : skazka, 1923-1930. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821158 Aleksei Mikhailovich Remizov (1877-1957) was a Russian writer and artist and a member of the post-revolutionary Russian migr community in France From the guide to the Aleksei Remizov papers, 1912-1997, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) Writer. From the description of Aleksei Mikhailo...