Inventory of the Bengt Jangfeldt papers
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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
Access
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.
Use
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Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2018.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bengt Jangfeldt papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Biographical Note
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
box 5
Joseph Brodsky File (continued)
box 7
Vladimir Mayakovsky File (continued)
box 7
Vladimir Mayakovsky File (continued)
box 8
Vladimir Mayakovsky File (continued)
box 9
Vladimir Mayakovsky File (continued)
box 10
Vladimir Mayakovsky File (continued)
box 11
Vladimir Mayakovsky File (continued)
box 12
Vladimir Mayakovsky File (continued)
box 13
Vladimir Mayakovsky File (continued)
box 15
Igor Severianin File (continued)
box 17
Lili Brik File (continued)
box 18
Osip Brik File (continued)
box 21
Russian Avant-Garde: Rare publications
box 22
Russian Avant-Garde: Futurizm
box 26
Printed Matter
Scope and Contents note
Contains Jangfeldt's conference papers and essays as well as books by other authors with inscriptions, including works by
Gennady Aigi, Joseph Brodsky, and Alexis Rannit.
box 27
Research Materials
Scope and Contents note
Card catalog with excerpts for research.
box 28
Printed matter, clippings, and an etching
box 28
Clippings and photocopies
box 30
Microfilm Reels
Scope and Contents note
Microfilmed research materials
box 31
Microfilm Reels (continued)
box 33
Video Recordings (continued)
box 33
Video Recordings (continued)
box 34
Video Recordings (continued)
box 35
Sound Recordings
Scope and Contents note
Contains cassette tapes, sound reels, and a record. Includes interviews by Jangfeldt of Lili Birk, Lev Kopelev, Yuri Lotman,
Efim Etkind, Andrey Siniavskii, Boris Pasternak, and others.
box 36
Sound Recordings (continued)
box 29
Material not yet described
