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Vladimir Zlobin's Papers Vladimir Ananievich Zlobin (1894-1967) was born in St. Peterburg. He was a student of law at the St. Petersburg University when he became interested in poetry. As a young author he was introduced to Dmitrii Merezhkovskii and Zinaida Hippius, and shortly afterwards became Hippius' personal secretary. He joined the couple when they fled Soviet Russia in 1919 and settled in Paris. He continued to work for them as a secretary, simultaneously publishing his own poetry and essays in Russian émigré newspapers and journals. Zlobin was a member of the editorial boards of several literary journals, among them Novyi korabl' (The New Ship, 1927-- 1928) and Vozrozhdenie (Renaissance, 1949 -1974). After the death of Merezhkovskii (in 1941) and Hippius (in 1945) he became the executor of their estate. Zlobin inherited Hippius' and Merezhkovskii's archive (part of it was acquired later by A.Ya. Polonskii, the antique dealer from Paris), as well as copyrights on their literary works. Zlobin's first volume of poems entitled Posle eio smerti (After Her Death), dedicated to Hippius appeared in 1951. His book Tiazhelaia dusha (The Difficult Soul), which contained his memoirs on Hippius and some general reflections on her life and work, was published posthumously in 1970. |
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| 19 | Publications - Articles, essays, and prose (newspaper clippings), 12 items, 1933-1962 | ||||||||||||
| "Amazonka" (An Amazon), a short story, Vozrozhdenie, May 6, 1933 | |||||||||||||
| "Izol'd and Tristana", a short story, Novoe Russkoe Slovo, May 21, 1961 | |||||||||||||
| "Literaturnyi dnevnik" (The Literary Diary) -- 2 essays, Vozrozhdenie, no. 83 and no. 85 , 1958 and 1959 | |||||||||||||
| "Nesbyvsheesia prorochestvo" (Failed Prophecy), an article, Russkaia mysl', March 15, 1962 | |||||||||||||
| "Novoe v evropeiskoi nauke" (New Developments in European Science), an article, Russkaia mysl', Feb. 28, 1962 | |||||||||||||
| "Pogovorim o kitaitsakh" (Let's Talk about Chinese), an article, Russkaia mysl', March 29, 1961 | |||||||||||||
| "Sverkhchelovek v svete sovremennoi nauki" (A Superman In The Light of Modern Science), an article, Russkaia mysl', May 30, 1961 | |||||||||||||
| "Vil'gel'm II i ego dvor" (Wilhelm II and His Court), an article, Russkaia mysl', Dec. 14, 1957 | |||||||||||||
| "D.S. Merezhkovskii", an essay (photocopy). | |||||||||||||
| "D.S. Merezhkovskii o svobode" (D.S. Merezhkovskii about Freedom), an essay (photocopy). | |||||||||||||
| "Z.N. Gippius", an essay (photocopy). | |||||||||||||
| "Z.N. Gippius o svobode i kul'ture" (Z.N. Gippius about Freedom and Culture), an essay (photocopy). | |||||||||||||
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| "Amazonka" (An Amazon), a short story, Vozrozhdenie, May 6, 1933 | |||||||||||||
| "Izol'd and Tristana", a short story, Novoe Russkoe Slovo, May 21, 1961 | |||||||||||||
| "Literaturnyi dnevnik" (The Literary Diary) -- 2 essays, Vozrozhdenie, no. 83 and no. 85 , 1958 and 1959 | |||||||||||||
| "Nesbyvsheesia prorochestvo" (Failed Prophecy), an article, Russkaia mysl', March 15, 1962 | |||||||||||||
| "Novoe v evropeiskoi nauke" (New Developments in European Science), an article, Russkaia mysl', Feb. 28, 1962 | |||||||||||||
| "Pogovorim o kitaitsakh" (Let's Talk about Chinese), an article, Russkaia mysl', March 29, 1961 | |||||||||||||
| "Sverkhchelovek v svete sovremennoi nauki" (A Superman In The Light of Modern Science), an article, Russkaia mysl', May 30, 1961 | |||||||||||||
| "Vil'gel'm II i ego dvor" (Wilhelm II and His Court), an article, Russkaia mysl', Dec. 14, 1957 | |||||||||||||
| "D.S. Merezhkovskii", an essay (photocopy). | |||||||||||||
| "D.S. Merezhkovskii o svobode" (D.S. Merezhkovskii about Freedom), an essay (photocopy). | |||||||||||||
| "Z.N. Gippius", an essay (photocopy). | |||||||||||||
| "Z.N. Gippius o svobode i kul'ture" (Z.N. Gippius about Freedom and Culture), an essay (photocopy). | |||||||||||||
| Articles and essays, 4 items, 1927-1956 | |||||||||||||
| "Nash put' v Rossiiu" (Our Way to Russia), undated, 1- 3 pp., introduction to Merezhkovskii's work "Nash put' v Rossiiu", handwritten copy, 1927 | |||||||||||||
| [O Georgii Ivanove] (About Georgii Ivanov), an article, undated, 1-5 pp. handwritten copy; "Pamiati Merezhkovskogo" (To the Memory of Merezhkovskii), a paper dedicated to the centannial jubilee of D.S. Merezhkovskii, 1- 16 pp., handwritten copy , 1956 published later as "Esche o Merezhkovskom" in Russkaia Mysl'December 16, 1956. | |||||||||||||
| "Sverchchelovek v svete sovremennoi nauki" (A Superman In The Light of Modern Science) an article, undated, typewritten copy, 1-8 pp., published later in Russkaia mysl', May 30, 1961. | |||||||||||||
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| French Poem (handwritten copy), 1934 | |||||||||||||
| Russian Poem (handwritten copy) , undated | |||||||||||||
| Prose | |||||||||||||
| Short stories, 8 items , 1933-1949. | |||||||||||||
| "Amazonka", a short story. Handwritten copy, 1-12 pp , undated. Published later in Vozrozhdenie, May 6, 1933 | |||||||||||||
| "Chasy" (The Clock), a short story. Handwritten copy, 1-6 pp. , undated | |||||||||||||
| "Izol'd and Tristana, " a short story , undated. "Izol'd and Tristana", was published later in Novoe Russkoe Slovo, May 21, 1961. | |||||||||||||
| 1 handwritten copy, 1- 26 pp., 1 typewritten copy, 1-13 pp. | |||||||||||||
| 1 typewritten copy of the story in German translation, 1-21 pp. | |||||||||||||
| 1 early draft of the story, entitled "Izol'da"1949, 16 pp. | |||||||||||||
| "Mukha" (A Fly), a short story. Handwritten copy, 1- 27 pp.; [Prose fragment], undated. Handwritten copy, 1- 4 pp. , undated | |||||||||||||
| Talks at different meetings, 4 items. | |||||||||||||
| "Budni emigratsii" (Everyday Life of the Russian Emigration), a speech at the meeting of "Zelenaia lampa." Handwritten copy. 1-10 pp. , undated | |||||||||||||
| "Nabroski rechi na vechere o neprimirimosti" (Notes for the Speech About Irreconcilability). Handwritten copy, 1-11 pp. , undated. | |||||||||||||
| "Vozrazhenia G. Ivanovu" (Polemics with G. Ivanov), a speech at the meeting of "Zelenaia lampa." Handwritten copy, 1-3pp. , undated | |||||||||||||
| Report on D. Filosofov's presentation "Otchego zavisit vozrozhdenie emigratsii" (What Determines the Revival of Emigration) made at the meeting of "Zelenaia lampa." Handwritten copy, 1-5pp. , undated | |||||||||||||
| "Zelenaia lampa" (The Green Lamp) - A literary and philosophical society organized by Merezhkovskii and Hippius in 1926. Zlobin was a secretary of the society. | |||||||||||||
| Notebooks | |||||||||||||
| "Blednoe chudovishche" (Pale Monster), 1 notebook -- a Russian essay , undated | |||||||||||||
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| 20 | "Ee sud'ba" (Her Fate), the early draft of Zlobin's memoirs on Hippius- i notebook , 1951 Published later as "Tiazhelaia dusha" (The Difficult Soul, 1970) | ||||||||||||
| "La concierge est amoureusé", a play, in French, -- 3 notebooks , undated | |||||||||||||
| "Mukha" (A Fly), a short story and a fragment of the memoir about Anna Or, undated, in Russian, -- 1 notebook, undated | |||||||||||||
| Notes, in French -- 2 notebooks , undated | |||||||||||||
| Poems (drafts), in Russian -- 5 notebooks, 1952-1961 | |||||||||||||
| [Untitled prose fragment], -- 1 notebook. | |||||||||||||
| [Untitled prose fragments], -- 1 notebook. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||||
| Personal correspondence | |||||||||||||
| Alfiorov, Anatolii: A letter, concerning literary matters, in particular, the literary journal Mech (The Sward, Warsaw), in Russian, 1934 | |||||||||||||
| Anatolii Alferov (1904 - ?) Was a writer in Paris in the 1930's. He contributed to various émigré journals, including Mech. He wrote a collection entitled Ocherki po istorii russkoi literatury 19 veka (Articles on the History of Russian Literature of the 19th Century), Prague1925. He frequently attended the literary gatherings at the Merezhkovskiis'. | |||||||||||||
| Bunin, Ivan: 11 items 8 letters, 2 postcards, concerning domestic affairs, health, etc., 1 empty envelope (the letter is missing) , 1922-1948. These letters were published by Temira Pachmuss in "Iz archiva Merezhkovskikh: pis'ma I.A. Bunina Z.N. Gippius. | |||||||||||||
| D.S. Merezhkovskomu, V.A. Zlobinu", Russian Language Journal 40, no. 135, 1986 | |||||||||||||
| Ivan Alekseevich Bunin (1870-1953) Began his literary career in 1888, and soon achieved a reputation of the major Russian prose writer. In 1920 he left Soviet Russia and settled in France. In the emigration Bunin wrote some of his most important works, such as his fictionalized autobiography "Zhizn' Arseneva" (The Life of Arseniev). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1933. | |||||||||||||
| Chuzeville, Jean: 4 items, including 2 letters to Zlobin and letters from Zlobin, in French and in Russian , 1956 and 1962 | |||||||||||||
| Jean Chuzeville (1886 - ?) Was a literary scholar and translater from Russian into French. He published the books Dmitri Mérejkowski (Paris: Bosshard1922) and Rome et l'Internationale: Une Prédiction de Dostoïevski (Paris: Bosshard, 1927). He translated several works of Merezhkovskii and Hippius into French. | |||||||||||||
| Eliasberg, Aleksandr: 1 postcard in Russian , 1923 | |||||||||||||
| Aleksandr Eliasberg (1878-1924). Translator from Russian into German. He translated a collection of criticisms on Dostoevskii entitled Dostojewski: drei Essays von Hermann Bahr, D. Merezhkovsky, Otto Julius Bierbaum (Munich1914). | |||||||||||||
| Filosofov, Dmitrii: 3 items. 2 letters from Zlobin to Filosofov, concerning some literary and personal matters; a letter from Filosofov to Zlobin, concerning émigré writers Iurii Felzen and Iurii Terapiano, in Russian , 1927-1928, 1932 | |||||||||||||
| Dmitrii Vladimirovich Filosofov (1872-1940) Was a journalist and critic for the famous symbolist periodical Mir iskusstva (The World of Art1899 -1904). He became an intimate friend of the Merezhkovskiis', who contributed regularly to Mir iskusstva, and a member of Hippius' religious group. In 1919 he escaped Soviet Russia together with Merezhkovskii, Hippius, and Zlobin, but settled in Warsaw. He was an editor of the Russian newspaper in Warsaw Svoboda (Freedom). | |||||||||||||
| Harcourt, Pierre: 9 items, including 4 letters, 4 postcards, and 1 poem, in French , 1939-1940 | |||||||||||||
| Kanshina, E.: 93 items -- 3 folders. Letters and postcards, concerning domestic affairs, émigré literary events and publications, as well as some translation work (into English), which she did at Zlobin's request, in Russian, 1956-1961 | |||||||||||||
| Lopatina, Ekaterina: 3 items. 2 letters to Zlobin, the second letter includes the note from O. Eremeeva. A letter from Zlobin to Lopatina, which contained some very personal information about his parents and himself, 1934 | |||||||||||||
| Ekaterina Mikhailovna Lopatina, Pseudonym K. El'tsova (1865-1935), close friend of Lev Tolstoi and Ivan Bunin. She published a novel "V chuzhom gnezde" (In a Strange Nest). In France, where Lopatina lived after her emigration from Soviet Russia, she established a sanatorium for sick children which she and O. Eremeeva ran at their own expense. In emigration Lopatina became a nun and was very active in Russian Church in Paris. | |||||||||||||
| Poliakov, N. L. A letter concerning Zlobin's resignation from his job in Russkoe Voskresenie (Russian Revival), in Russian, 1958 | |||||||||||||
| Prozor, Mavrikii: 2 letters concerning political matters, in Russian, 1925 | |||||||||||||
| Reisini, N.G: A letter to Zlobin about his trip to Israel, in Russian , undated | |||||||||||||
| Rousselin, Paul: 2 items. A letter to Zlobin , 1 letter from Zlobin, in French, 1966 | |||||||||||||
| Shteiger, Anatolii: 7 letters, concerning literary matters and publications in Novyi Korabl'. Some letters include Shteiger's typewritten poems, in Russian, 1927-1928 These letters were published by Temira Pachmuss in Cahiers du Mond Russe et Sovietique, 1985, no.3. Anatolii Sergeevich Shteiger (1907-1944) was an émigré poet. Among his collections of verse are Etot den' (This Day, Paris, 1928), Eta zhisn' (This Life, Paris, 1932), Neblagodarnost' (Ingratitude, Paris, 1936) , and Dvazhdy dva -- chetyre (Twice Two is Four, Paris, 1950). He contributed to various émigré journals. Shteiger also participated in the Merezhkovskii's Sunday salons. | |||||||||||||
| Stepun, Fiodor: A letter concerning his publication in Novyi Korabl',, 1928 Fiodor Avgustovich Stepun, pseudonym N. Lugin (1884-1965) was a philosopher and literary scholar of international repute. He left Soviet Russia in 1922 and became Professor of Sociology in Dresden (1926-37), and later Professor of Russian Culture at the University of Munich. His main works are Zhizn' i tvorchestvo (Life and Creation, Berlin, 1923), Nikolai Pereslegin (Paris. 1929), Byvshee i nesbyvsheesia (That Which Was and That Which Did Not Come True, New York, 1956), Vstrechi (Encounters, Munich, 1962). | |||||||||||||
| Trubetskoi, Iurii: 2 items, including a letter and a photograph Iurii Trubetskoi (1902 -- ?), a poet who was published in Russia as a young man. In emigration he contributed to various émigré newspapers and journals. | |||||||||||||
| Vozrozhdenie (La Renaissance, Renascence): 3 items, including a letter from N. Artobolevskii concerning the book which he received from Vozrozhdenie and the returned receipt from Vozrozhdenie, and a letter from Zlobin to A.O. Gukasov concerning his resignation from his work in Vozrozhdenie, in Russian, 1960 | |||||||||||||
| Vozrozhdenie -- Russian émigré literary and political review published in Paris from 1949 through 1974. It was subsidized by the prominent businessman and public figure, A.O. Gukasov (1872-1969). | |||||||||||||
| Weidle, Vladimir: 1 letter from Zlobin, concerning his article on Merezhkovskii, in Russian, 1965 | |||||||||||||
| Wiesenthal, Hans and Ulbrich, Wilhelm. 47 items, mainly letters to Zlobin, concerning literary, political, and, later, personal matters, in German, 1922-1924 and 1931-1932. | |||||||||||||
| Zlobina, Ekaterina (mother of Vladimir Zlobin). 23 items , 1923 and 1932-1933. | |||||||||||||
| A letter to Zlobin; 14 letters and 2 telegrams from Zlobin (1923) concerning domestic affairs. 5 postcards from Zlobin's female relative (sister ?) from Leningrad, USSR, (1932-1933), in Russian, 1923 and 1932-1933 | |||||||||||||
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| 21 | Business correspondence (about publishing and distribution of Merezhkovskii's works and related documents) | ||||||||||||
| Academique Perrin, Publishing House (Paris). 2 items. 1 letter to Zlobin, 1 letter to Albin Michel, Publisher (copy), 1956 | |||||||||||||
| Albin Michel, Publisher (Paris). 5 items, including 2 letters to the notary, 2 letters to Zlobin, 1 letter to Zlobin , 1945, 1948, 1959 | |||||||||||||
| Artheme Fayard, Publishing House (Paris). A letter to Zlobin, which includes the copy of the letter to Zlobin, sent in, 1948, 1956 | |||||||||||||
| de L' Artisan du Livre, Publishing House (Paris). 3 items, including 1 letter to Zlobin, 1 letter to the notary, 1 letter from Zlobin (copy), 1956 | |||||||||||||
| Bernard Grasset, Publisher (Paris). 2 letters to Zlobin , 1961 | |||||||||||||
| Borghardt, Georges, Literary Agent (New York). 2 items, including 1 letter to Zlobin concerning the translation of Merezhkovskii's works into English, and 1 letter from Zlobin to Borghardt (copy) , 1962 | |||||||||||||
| Bruno Del Amo, Publisher (Madrid). 2 items. 1 letter to Zlobin, and 1 letter from Zlobin (copy) , 1963. | |||||||||||||
| Calmann-Lévy, Publishing House (Paris). 11 items, including 4 letters to Zlobin, 1 letter from Zlobin (copy), postal receipt, and 2 financial statements from the Publisher, 1930, 1945, 1956-1960 | |||||||||||||
| Chekhov Publishing House(New York), 7 items, including 3 letters to Zlobin, and 2 letters from Zlobin (copies), an agreement on publishing Merezhkovskii's works, and transaction receipt , 1954-1955 | |||||||||||||
| J M Dent and Sons Ltd ( London), 1 letter to Zlobin , 1947 | |||||||||||||
| Deutsher Autoren Verband, (Hannover). 6 items, including 4 letters to Zlobin, 2 letter from Zlobin (copies), 1956-1957 | |||||||||||||
| Editions A. Marechal (Paris), 1 letter, 1945 | |||||||||||||
| Les Editions du Myrte Ltd (Paris): 3 agreements on publishing Merezhkovskii's works , 1947-1948 | |||||||||||||
| Editorial Losada, Publishing House (Buenos Aires), 5 letters to Zlobin , 1942-1963 | |||||||||||||
| Espasa-Calpe, Publishing House (Madrid), 10 items, including 4 letters to Hippius, 2 letters to Zlobin, 2 letters from Zlobin (copies), and 2 Zlobin's letters to other people, concerning his correspondence with Espasa-Calpe (copies) , 1944-1946, 1962-1963 | |||||||||||||
| Gallimard, Publishing House (Paris). 63 items, including 24 letters to Zlobin, 22 letters from Zlobin (copies), an agreement on publishing Merezhkovskii's works, book inventory, and correspondence with the lawyer , 1945, 1949, 1956-1961. | |||||||||||||
| Gerald Macres et Maurice Bachot (Paris). 1 item An agreement on publishing Merezhkovskii's works , 1949 | |||||||||||||
| [Agence] Hoffman( Paris). A letter to Zlobin. [Viktor] Kamkin Publishing House (New York) and A letter to Zlobin , 1961-1962 | |||||||||||||
| Lutetia Press (Paris). 5 letters, addressed to Hippius and Zlobin , 1939 | |||||||||||||
| La Nouvelle Editions (Paris). 2 letters to Zlobin , 1944-1945 | |||||||||||||
| Segners, Publishing House (Paris). 2 items 1 letter to Zlobin, 1 letter from Zlobin (copy) , 1956 | |||||||||||||
| Union Française des Industries Exportatrices (Paris). 3 items, including 2 letters to Zlobin concerning Jean Delhaye's movie script "Léonard de Vinci ou Le Secret de la Joconde" based on Merezhkovskii's work "Leonardo da Vinci" (1901) and the typewritten manuscript of the movie script (23 pp.), 1963-1964 | |||||||||||||
| 4 letters to Zlobin written by unknown people, in Russian and in French | |||||||||||||
| 4 letters from Zlobin written to unknown people (copies), in French | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous | |||||||||||||
| "Archiv Merezhkovskogo i Gippius" (Archive of Merezhkovskii and Hippius), unfinished description of Merezhkovskii's and Hippius' archives. 2 items, including list of works, 1- 4 pp., and list of letters, 1- 2 pp. Handwritten copy , undated | |||||||||||||
| Legal documents, including university transcripts and passports, 11 items, 1920-1949 | |||||||||||||
| Medical and financial matters: bills, receipts, bank statements. | |||||||||||||
| Newsclippings, 1933-1966 | |||||||||||||
| Articles about Merezhkovskii, Hippius, and other Russian émigré authors, about Russia, and on some other matters (mainly from Russian émigré press, such as Vozrozhdenie, Russkaia Mysl', etc.) | |||||||||||||
| Articles about Boris Savinkov case (mainly from Russian émigré press) , 1924-1925 Boris Viktorovich Savinkov (1979-1925), pseudonym V. Ropshin, was a revolutionary who opposed both the imperial and the Soviet regimes in Russia. He wrote several novels based on his career as a terrorist. After the Bolshevik Revolution, Savinkov established a clandestine military organization, the Union for the Defense of the Fatherland and Freedom, which organized an uprising in Iaroslavl' (July 6-21, 1918). After the uprising failed, Savinkov went to Poland, where (together with Merezhkovskii and Hippius) he tried to organize military opposition to Bolshevism, but President Pilsudskii's peace with Soviet Russia put an end to this activity. Savinkov went to Paris to solicit Allied intervention against the Bolshevik government. In 1924 Savinkov was tricked into returning to the U.S.S.R, and was immediately arrested. He received a death sentence, but the next year he was stated to have committed suicide in prison. | |||||||||||||
| Other authors' poems, prose, etc.: 8 items. Including Anatolii Alfiorov's presentation at the meeting of "Zelenaia lampa"; General Malyshkin's presentation in Paris1943, concerning Vlasov's movement; poems by Sergei Esenin, Mikhail Kuzmin, Iu. Mandel'shtam, Boris Savinkov, an unknown author; fragments from Anna Or's typewritten manuscript "Kitaiskie teni" (Chinese Shadows), later published in Vozrozhdenie, No. 60, 1956. | |||||||||||||
| Franco Mazzoni's drawing, 1 item. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs: 3 items, including 2 photos of W. Ulbrich, and 1 of a dog. | |||||||||||||
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