Register of the Sergio d'Angelo papers
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Title: Sergio d'Angelo papers
Date (inclusive): 1957-2015
Collection Number: 2015C14
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Italian, Russian, English, French, and German
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, and printed matter relating to the Russian writer Boris Pasternak and especially to the circumstances
of the publication of Pasternak's novel
Doctor Zhivago.
Creator:
D'Angelo, Sergio, 1922-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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Use
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Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2014.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sergio d'Angelo papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Sergio d'Angelo is a former Italian journalist and acquaintance of Boris Pasternak. He worked as an editor and reporter for
Radio Moscow from 1956-1957. On May 20, 1956, after meeting with Pasternak, d'Angelo was given the manuscript for
Doctor Zhivago, which was later given to the Italian publisher Feltrinelli for publication.
In the late 1960s, d'Angelo was involved in legal battles regarding royalties from the novel. He also published a memoir about
his role in the publication of
Doctor Zhivago in 2006, entitled,
Il Caso Pasternak or
The Pasternak Case: Memoirs of a Witness.
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, correspondence, and printed matter relating to the Russian writer Boris Pasternak and especially to the circumstances
of the publication of Pasternak's novel
Doctor Zhivago.
Arrangement Statement
Material is not arranged into series, but has been kept in the original order of the creator. Most of the original file names
have been maintained and are indicated with quotation marks.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russian literature
Dissenters -- Soviet Union
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960
box 1, folder 1
"Corrispondenza con Doubleday e Bompiani su
A Captive of Time,"
1977-1978
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence with the American publisher Doubleday and Italian publisher Bompiani regarding
A Captive in Time by Olga Ivinskaia (also spelled Ivinskaya).
box 1, folder 2
"Royalties D. Z. [
Doctor Zhivago],"
1966
box 1, folder 3
"Lettere mia a Olga dell'aprile 1959,"
1959
Scope and Contents note
Contains drafts of letters to Olga Ivinskaia, Pasternak's confidant and partial heir to the rights of
Doctor Zhivago.
box 1, folder 4
"Lettere di Olga Ivinskaia a me e Giulietta,"
1959
Scope and Contents note
Contains letters from Ivinskaia to d'Angelo and his wife, Giulietta.
box 1, folder 5
"Lettere di Pasternak,"
1959
Scope and Contents note
Contains mainly copies of correspondence between d'Angelo and Boris Pasternak.
box 1, folder 6
"Importante!,"
1959-1969
Scope and Contents note
Contains letters and statements that d'Angelo refers to in his work,
The Pasternak Case: Memoirs of a Witness. Includes five subfolders titled, "Questione possibili aiuti a Olga e figlia," "Minuta mia lettera a Krusciov," "Minute mie
lettere a Pasternak," and "Lettere Cambiaghi, Scuderi, Bianciardi, [e] Carlo Ripa di Meana."
box 1, folder 7
"Corrispondenza con l'FSB [Federal'naia sluzhba bezopasnosti] (per archivio KGB [Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti]),"
2001, 2007-2008
box 1, folder 8
"Curiosita!,"
1958-1961, 1970-1973
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence, news clippings, and a booklet with handwritten notes.
box 1, folder 9
"Cartoline Pino Santo e lettere Micello a Giulietta (ritrovate ultimamente) e una lettera della Zamoiska,"
1958-1960
Scope and Contents note
Contains postcards and other correspondence.
box 1, folder 10
"Mia corrispondenza con W. Middleton (Floyd/Kuznetsov),"
1959, 1969
box 1, folder 11
Yale correspondence
2006 January 12
Scope and Contents note
A letter from the editorial director at Yale University Press acknowledging the receipt of d'Angelo's manuscript,
The Pasternak Affair. Also includes a photocopy of the letter.
box 1, folder 12
"Osservazioni al Testo di Valerio Riva," typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains typewritten notes on an unidentified text.
box 1, folder 13
Transcription of an email to Paolo Mancosu
2014
Scope and Contents note
Contains a partial transcription of an email from d'Angelo to Paolo Mancosu, a professor of philosophy at UC Berkeley and
author of
Inside the Zhivago Storm: The Editorial Adventures of Pasternak's Masterpiece, describing materials originally given to Mancosu and later added to this collection.
box 1, folder 14
"Foto dell'Autobiografia di Pasternak,"
1957
Scope and Contents note
Contains a photocopy of Pasternak's autobiography given to d'Angelo by the author in 1957. The text is in Russian with some
handwritten Italian translations.
box 1, folder 15-16
"
Il Caso Pasternak appena riveduto e aggiornato da me,"
2014, 2015
Scope and Contents note
Contains two typescript revisions of
The Pasternak Affair in English.
box 1, folder 17
"Ritagli di articoli,"
1961, 1967, 2007-2013
Scope and Contents note
Includes newspaper clippings from Italian and American publications about the Zhivago affair. Also includes a printout of
an online Russian article.
box 1, folder 18
"Alcune recensioni italiane del mio libro,"
2006
Scope and Contents note
Contains Italian reviews of d'Angelo's
Il Caso Pasternak.
box 1, folder 19
"Mi articolo su
OstEuropa,"
1968 July
Scope and Contents note
Contains a copy of the publication in which d'Angelo's article, "Der Roman des Romans," was printed.
box 1, folder 20
"Lettera di Irina [Emelianova] a E. B. [Evgenii Borisovich] Pasternak,"
2004-2005, 2014
Scope and Contents note
Contains a letter from Irina Emelianova (also spelled Emelyanova), the daughter of Olga Ivinskaia, to Evgenii Pasternak, son
of Boris Pasternak. Also includes a letter from Emelianova to film director Eldar A. Ryazanov and a printout of an email chain
between d'Angelo and Emelianova regarding the two letters.
box 1, folder 21
"Response to the Objections of Evgeny Pasternak" and "Interview on Inge Schoental,"
2007, 2011
box 1, folder 22
Vita
1961
Scope and Contents note
Contains volume 5, numbers 108 (May 11) and 109 (May 18). Includes d'Angelo's article "Olga è innocente" that spans both issues.
