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Title: Bengt Jangfeldt papers
Date (inclusive): 1911-2007
Collection Number: 2018C38
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian, English, and Swedish
Physical Description:
27 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 8 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder
(24.6 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Jangfeldt, Bengt, 1948-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2018.
[Identification of item], Bengt Jangfeldt papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russian literature
Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996
Mayakovsky, Vladimir, 1893-1930