Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Bengt Jangfeldt papers
- Dates:
- 1911-2000s
- Creators:
- Jangfeldt, Bengt, 1948-
- Abstract:
- Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to Russian literature and especially to Joseph Brodsky and Vladimir Mayakovsky. Includes correspondence with Brodsky and research material collected for a biography of Mayakovsky and other publications.
- Extent:
- 27 manuscript boxes, 2 card file boxes, 8 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder (25.6 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- In Russian, English, and Swedish
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Bengt Jangfeldt papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Background
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to Russian literature and especially to Joseph Brodsky and Vladimir Mayakovsky. Includes correspondence with Brodsky and research material collected for a biography of Mayakovsky and other publications.
- Biographical / historical:
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Bengt Jangfeldt, born 1948 in Stockholm, is a Swedish professor, author, translator, and researcher. He worked as an associate professor of Slavonic languages at Stockholm University and from 1989-2000 was the chief editor of Artes magazine.
His biography on Axel Munthe, Axel Munthe: The Road to San Michele, was published in 2003 and won the Swedish Academy's prize for biography. He published another large-scale biography about the myth-garlanded Russian poet Mayakovsky in 2007 and was awarded the prestigious August Prize for non-fiction. Jangfeldt also published a biography of Raoul Wallenberg, who, at immense personal risk, rescued many of Budapest's Jews from the Holocaust.
Jangfeldt also translated works from Joseph Brodsky and other Russian poets and prose-writers into Swedish. He was a close friend of Joseph Brodsky during the last ten years of Brodsky's life, which resulted in him writing Språket är Gud. Anteckningar om Joseph Brodsky (Language Is God: Notes about Joseph Brodsky), which was translated into many languages.
- Acquisition information:
- Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2018.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-23 10:04:00.505662
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Boxes 2-3 closed until 2029 January 24. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Bengt Jangfeldt papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563