Nabokov (Nicolas)
MS. Berlin 271
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Nabokov (Nicolas)
Shelfmark
MS. Berlin 271
Summary
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
Date
1966-1978
Language
English
Physical extent
160 Leaves
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Collection contents
Papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin, 1897-1998, with some family papers, 1903-1972
Correspondence and papers
Letters of major correspondents
Nabokov (Nicolas)
