Finding Aid for Tatjana M. Warren papers
6031
Finding aid prepared by Michaela Ullmann and Lisa Ebiner Gavet
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
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specol@usc.edu
2014 June
Title: Tatjana M. Warren papers
Collection number: 6031
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1974-1991
Language of materials: Much of the collection is in German.
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence between Tatjana M. Warren and German poets Helmut Maria Soik and Ernst Meister. The
collection also contains some manuscripts of Meister's and Soik's works.
creator:
Meister, Ernst, 1911-1979
creator:
Soik, Helmut Maria, 1914-
creator:
Warren, Tatjana M.
Scope and Content
The collection contains correspondence between Tatjana M. Warren and poets Helmut Maria Soik and Ernst Meister. The collection
also contains some manuscripts of Meister's and Soik's works.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Tatjana M. Warren papers, Collection no. 6031, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California
Conditions Governing Use
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Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical note
Helmut Maria Soik was born in Schwenningen, Germany, on July 12, 1911. In 1932, he published his cycle of poems "Die lichte
Spur." Soik was imprisoned in Russia during World War II and returned to Germany in 1950. His work "Die zerbrochene Balalaika"
reflects on his personal experience throughout the war. In 1976, Soik gained popularity in the US when his book "Rimbaud under
the Steel Helmet" was translated into English. Soik died on June 14, 1989.
Ernst Meister, German poet and writer, was born on September 3, 1911. He studied theology, literature, art history, and philosophy
(the latter under Karl Löwith and Hans-Georg Gadamer) at various German universities before enlisting as a soldier in the
German army. He used his war experiences in many of his poems, stories, radio plays, and stage plays, developing a darkly
abstract existentialist style. His first major publication, "Ausstellung," appeared in 1932. After "Ausstellung," he did not
publish any works for two decades. His next works appear beginning in 1953, and between that year and 1979, he produced more
than 16 volumes of verse as well as a number of other literary and visual works. Meister’s poetry is noted for its brevity
and difficult syntax and has been compared to the work of his contemporary, Romanian poet Paul Celan (1920-1970). In spite
of his prolific output, Meister was not involved with the literary and cultural elite of his time, and his works were relatively
unknown during his lifetime. He did, however, receive a number of awards in his lifetime, including the Annette von Droste-Hulshoff
Prize in 1957, the Great Art Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1963, the Petrarch Prize in 1976, and the Rainer Maria Rilke
Prize for Poetry jointly with Sarah Kirsch in 1978. Meister posthumously received the most prestigious award in German literature,
the Georg Büchner Prize, shortly after his death on June 15, 1979. [Adapted from Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Meister]
Tatjana Warren was Helmut Soik's step-sister, and played a role in introducing his poetry to American publishers. She lived
in Los Angeles.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Meister, Ernst, 1911-1979 -- Archives
Soik, Helmut Maria, 1914- -- Archives
Warren, Tatjana M. -- Archives
Brochures
Correspondence
German literature--20th century--Archival resources
German poetry--20th century--Archival resources
Manuscripts
Photographs
Correspondence between Tatjana Warren and Helmut M. Soik
Box 1, Folder 5
Tatjana Warren with Helmut M. Soik
1976-1977
Box 1, Folder 7
Correspondence H.M. Soik with Tatjana Warren
1986-1988
Box 1, Folder 4
Zum Tode von Ernst Meister / condolence letters and articles
Box 1, Folder 6
Correspondence: Tatjana Warren
1974-1983
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence: Tatjana Warren
1978-1991
Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence: Michael Montler / Tatjana Warren
Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence relating to "Room Without Walls" by Ernst Meister
1986-1987
Box 1, Folder 11
Carl Hanser Verlag: Correspondence from Christoph Schlotterer to Serendipity Books
Manuscripts and publications
Box 1, Folder 15
Ernst Meister: An Apology of Doubt / Apologie des Zweifels
Box 1, Folder 16
Horspiel: Das Souvenir by Ernst Meister
Box 1, Folder 17
Horspiel: ...und aufwecken wollte ich ihn nicht by Ernst Meister
Box 1, Folder 18
Horspiel: Die Sterblichen by Ernst Meister
Box 1, Folder 19
Horspiel: Der Mut der Raupen by Ernst Meister
Box 1, Folder 20
Horspiel: Unser Vater der Seemaler by Ernst Meister
Box 1, Folder 21
Horspiel: Die Reisenden by Ernst Meister
Box 1, Folder 22
Ernst Meister: Preis, Press clippings, etc.
Box 1
Fern liegt Eleusis - Ernst Meister liest eigene Gedichte. DVD
Box 1
Room without Walls by Ernst Meister
Box 1, Folder 24
Gedichten von Helmut Maria Soik, von Jorg Fauser
Box 1, Folder 25
Aus der Familiengeschichte von Manjeffa Soik geb. Balujew
Box 1, Folder 28
H.M. Soik "Die zerbrochene Balalaika" book jacket and 4 photocopies
Box 1, Folder 29
Inhaltsverzeichniss fuer H.M. Soik ,s Manuskript / Contents
Box 1, Folder 31
Zwei briefeaus stalingrad fur tatjana warren- 1 copy in German and 2 copies of the English translation
Box 1, Folder 32
Impression of William Blake, O! Why was I born
Box 1, Folder 34
Hetaren, Kunstler und Herosen, Von H.M. Soik
Box 1, Folder 37
Poetry by H.M. Soik...3, labeled as pages B7-B89
Box 1, Folder 38
Poetry by H.M. Soik...4, labeled as pages B90-B163
Box 1, Folder 39-40
Poetry by H.M. Soik...5, labeled as pages C29-C127; D5-D110; E12-E106; F40-F111; G40; H93
Box 1, Folder 41
Material on Helmut Maria Soik
Box 1, Folder 43
Laudatio for the great Roman Folkspoet Guiseppe Giocchini Belli 1791-1863
Box 1
Rimbaud under the Steel Helmet by Helmut Maria Soik
Scope and Content
First English translation.
Box 1, Folder 12
Brochure: Kunstdialog hagenwest, Heft 2, Die Frau des Dichters, In memoriam Else Meister
Box 1, Folder 13
Brochures on Rintaro Yagi
Box 1, Folder 26
Matthes and Seitz Verlag Programm 1. Halbjahr 1977
1977
Box 1, Folder 30
Adler Zeitschrift Fur Genealogie Und Heraldik
Juli / September 1976
Box 1, Folder 42
Verlagsverzeichnis 1990/91; Lyrik und Prosa Essays und Abhandlungen zur Literatur, Musik und Photographie
1990/1991
Box 1, Folder 44
Hier ruhen in Gott, Hermann Schimmelpfennig / Hier ruht in Gott, Dorette Rammlerstoss geb. Reineskind
1972, 1930
Box 1, Folder 45
Inhalt Heft 25 vom. 14 Juni 1984
Juni 1984
Box 1, Folder 47
Misc. (articles, translations of poems, etc.)
Box 1
Mumu and Kassyan of Fair Springs by Ivan Turgenev
Box 1, Folder 3
1 photograph, unidentified