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Biographical File 1964-1997

box 1, folder 1

Transcript of Joseph Brodsky's trial in Leningrad (Saint-Petersburg) 1964

 

Honorary degrees 1981-1991

Arrangement Statement

Arranged chronologically.
box 1, folder 1

Nomination for Honorary Degree, University of Birmingham, draft 1981

Language of Material: English.
drawer J07

Honorary Diploma of Doctor of Letters, Oxford University 1986

box 1, folder 1

Encaenia, Honorary Degrees, University of Oxford 1991 June 19

Scope and Contents note

A booklet listing recipients of honorary degrees on 19 June 1991.
 

Memorial and commemoration services 1996-1997

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 2

Memorial service at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, program and invitation 1996 March 8

box 1, folder 2

"Each Man Before God Is Naked: A Tribute to the Russian Joseph Brodsky," Steiner Theatre, London, program and flyer 1996 July 11

box 1, folder 2

Tribute to Joseph Brodsky at the Brunei Gallery organized by Diana Myers, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London University 1997 January 31

Scope and Contents note

Includes a planning document, a program, an invitation, texts of presentations by Seamus Heaney and Diana Myers, and related correspondence.
 

Correspondence 1967-1992

 

Diana Myers, 1967-1992

Arrangement Statement

Arranged chronologically.
 

Letters to her 1967-1992

Language of Material: Russian.
box 1, folder 3

From Leningrad, 1967-1972, undated

box 1, folder 4-5

From the United States 1972-1992, undated

Scope and Contents note

Holograph and photocopies. Includes letters and postcards to her husband Alan Myers, 1972-1985 and undated.
box 1, folder 6

Letters from her 1970s-1989

Language of Material: Russian.
 

With others 1977-1991

Arrangement Statement

Arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent.
box 1, folder 7

Unidentified 1978

Scope and Contents

Arranged alphabetically by name of sender.
box 1, folder 7

Bearden, Maureen 1982, undated

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 7

Heyman, Arlene 1988

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 7

Iakimchuk, N., 1991

Language of Material: Russian.
box 1, folder 7

Jangfeldt, Bengt 1988

Language of Material: Russian.
box 1, folder 7

Klass, Stephen I., 1988

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Includes two poems by Werner Asperström.
box 1, folder 7

Korobova, Era 1991

Language of Material: Russian.

Scope and Contents note

Photocopies. Includes drawing by Brodsky in verso of letter pages.
box 1, folder 7

Kruzhkov, Grigoriî 1987

Language of Material: Russian.
box 1, folder 7

Murray, Les 1986

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 7

Naiman, Anatoliî (photocopy) 1977

box 1, folder 7

Polukhina, Valentina (letter to her) 1988

box 1, folder 7

Reidel, Jim

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 7

Reîn, Evgeniî 1988

Language of Material: Russian.
box 1, folder 7

Skidelskiî, I. 1978

Language of Material: Russian.
box 1, folder 7

Swainson, Bill 1991

box 1, folder 7

Ufliand, Vladimir (?) 1991

Language of Material: Russian.
box 1, folder 7

Yevtushenko, Yevgeniî 1977

Language of Material: Russian.
box 1, folder 8

Notes 1977, 1982, undated

Scope and Contents note

Some notes include ink drawings by Brodsky.
 

Drawings 1977, 1982, undated

box 1, folder 9

Ink drawings 1977, 1982, undated

box 4

Six black chalk drawings undated

 

Speeches and Writings 1968-1992, undated

 

Poetry 1968-1978

 

Holographs 1967, undated

Arrangement Statement

Drafts and undated poems arranged alphabetically, followed by the 1967 poem.
box 1, folder 10

Drafts undated

box 1, folder 10

"Articulation of Siberia," undated

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 10

"Thank You for You Appear ...," undated

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 10

"Po vecheram, ne pokladaia ruk...," undated

box 1, folder 10

"What Use Are Days?...," undated

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 10

"Kak nynche vam zhivetsia...," unpublished 1967

 

Original typescripts 1965-1995

Arrangement Statement

Arranged chronologically.
box 1, folder 11

"Ne zabudem zhe Tiutcheva," unpublished undated

box 1, folder 11

"A Postcard: Elegy," undated

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 11

"Akh, byt' bede...," unpublished 1965

box 1, folder 11

"Chto-to zdes' nespravedlivo...," unpublished 1965

box 1, folder 11

"Muzhchina, zasypaiushchii odin...," 1965

box 1, folder 11

"Feliks," 1965

box 1, folder 11

"Lili Marlen," 1965

box 1, folder 11

"Elegiia: Robertu Louellu," 1977

Scope and Contents note

Includes translation of the poem by V. Strochkov, 1983.
box 1, folder 11

"Rimskie elegii," 1981

box 1, folder 11

"Novaia zhizn'," 1988

box 1, folder 11

"Otkrytka iz goroda L.," 1988

Scope and Contents note

One of the first versions of the poem later entitled "Otkrytka iz Lissabona." Includes holograph corrections and changes.
box 1, folder 11

"V kafe," two versions 1988

box 1, folder 11

"Posviashchaetsia Piranezi," 1993-1995

 

Computer printouts 1989-1992

Arrangement Statement

Arranged chronologically by date according to Brodsky's own chronology. If a different date is found on the same published work, it is shown in parentheses.
box 1, folder 12

"Ispanskaia tantsovshchitsa," 1989 (1993)

box 1, folder 12

1989 (1988)

box 1, folder 12

"Ritrato di donna," 1990 (1992)

box 1, folder 12

"Snaruzhi temneet, vernei - sineeet, tochnei - cherneet...," 1990 (1993)

box 1, folder 12

"Tomasu Transtremeru," 1990 (1992)

box 1, folder 12

"Presepio," 1991

box 1, folder 12

1992

box 1, folder 12

"Podrazhanie Goratsiiu" (incomplete) 1992 (1993)

box 1, folder 12

"Pamiati N.N.," 1992

Scope and Contents note

Dated according to Valentina Polukhina's book Iosif Brodskiî: Zhizn', trudy, epokha. Sankt-Peterburg : Zhurnal Zvezda, 2008.
box 1, folder 12

"Podruga, durniia litsom, poselilas' v derevne...," 1992

box 1, folder 12

"Pristan' Fagerdala," 1992

box 1, folder 12

"Semenov," 1992

box 1, folder 12

"Vid s kholma," 1992 February

 

Photocopies 1973-1993

Arrangement Statement

Arranged chronologically, according to Brodsky's chronology. When undated by him, dates were established by Valentina Polukhina's book Iosif Brodskiî: Zhizn', trudy, epokha. Sankt-Peterburg : Zhurnal Zvezda, 2008.
box 2, folder 1-2

"Semnadtsatiletie," 1973

box 2, folder 1-2

"Osennii krik iastreba," 1975 (1978)

box 2, folder 1-2

"Piataia godovshchina," 1977

box 2, folder 1-2

"San Pietro," 1977

box 2, folder 1-2

"To ne Muza vody nabiraet v rot...," 1980

box 2, folder 1-2

"Ekloga V-ia: letniaia," 1980-1981

box 2, folder 1-2

"Piazza Mattei," 1981

box 2, folder 1-2

"Teper', znaia mnogoe...," 1984

box 2, folder 1-2

"V gorakh," 1985/1988

Scope and Contents note

Includes several versions of the poem.
box 2, folder 1-2

"Predstavlenie," 1986 (1988)

box 2, folder 1-2

"Reki," 1986

box 2, folder 1-2

"Kentavry," 1987

box 2, folder 1-2

"Rozhdestvenskaia zvezda," 1987

box 2, folder 1-2

"V kafe," 1988

box 2, folder 1-2

"Begstvo v Egipet," 1988 December 25

box 2, folder 1-2

"Dozhd' v avguste," 1988

box 2, folder 1-2

"Novaia zhizn'," 1988

box 2, folder 1-2

"Otkrytka iz Lissabona," 1988

box 2, folder 1-2

"Posviashchaetsia Dzhiralamo Marchello," 1988 (1991)

box 2, folder 1-2

"Avstraliia (Pamiati ottsa: Avstraliia)," 1989

box 2, folder 1-2

"Dorogaia, ia vyshel segodnia iz domu...," 1989

box 2, folder 1-2

"Elegiia (Postoianstvo sut' evolitsiia printsipa...)," 1989

box 2, folder 1-2

"Fin-de siècle," 1989

box 2, folder 1-2

"Lido, Venetsiia," 1989

box 2, folder 1-2

"Landsver Kanal, Berlin," 1989

box 2, folder 1-2

"Na stoletie Anny Akhmatovoi," 1989

box 2, folder 1-2

"Pchely ne uleteli, vsadnik ne uskakal...," 1989

box 2, folder 1-2

"Primechaniia paporotnika," 1989

box 2, folder 1-2

"Oblaka," 1989

box 2, folder 1-2

"Metel' v Massachusetse," 1990

box 2, folder 1-2

"Portret tragedii," 1991

box 2, folder 1-2

"Presepio," 1991

box 2, folder 1-2

"Kolybel'naia," 1992

box 2, folder 1-2

"Mikhailu Baryshnikovu," 1992

box 2, folder 1-2

"Ia slyshu ne to, chto ty mne govorish'...," 1993

 

Essays and lectures 1984-1992, undated

Arrangement Statement

Arranged chronologically.
box 2, folder 3

Commencement address at Williams College 1984

box 2, folder 3

Nobel Prize lecture 1987

Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 3

"Collector's Item," first draft (photocopy) 1992

Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 3

Untitled (photocopy with holograph corrections) undated

 

Plays 1982, 1990

box 2, folder 4

Mramor 1982

box 2, folder 4

Demokratiia 1990

 

Translations 1960s, 1988

box 2, folder 5

"Storm" by John Donne 1988

 

Cavafy 1960s, 1988

box 2, folder 5

Darii 1960s

box 2, folder 5

Poems translated by Gennadii Shmakov and edited by Brodsky 1988

box 3

Photographs 1972, 1991

Scope and Contents note

Includes 24 prints depicting mostly Brodsky at the 1991 Mandelstam conference; four portraits, 1972-1991; and two prints depicting Brodsky on June 4, 1972, the day he left the Soviet Union.
 

Memorabilia 1972-1991 undated

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Poster for the play Marmur by Joseph Brodsky at the Teatr Śląski, Katowic, Poland 1991

box 2, folder 6

Memorabilia 1972-1991

Scope and Contents

Includes Joseph Brodsky's astrological chart; tickets to a lecture and presentation by Brodsky in London; and a book V Anglii (limited edition of 60 copies, 1977) dedicated to Diana and Alan Myers, copy #44, with inscription.
box 2, folder 7

Printed Matter 1988-1996

Scope and Contents note

Includes photocopies of publications by and about Joseph Brodsky.
 

Diana Myers Correspondence 1976-2013

Arrangement Statement

Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
box 2, folder 8-9

Two unidentified letters 1976, 2004

Scope and Contents note

The 1976 letter is addressed to Diana and Alan Myers.
box 2, folder 8-9

Braginskaia, Nina 1991

box 2, folder 8-9

Brodsky, Maria 1998-2004

Scope and Contents note

Includes greeting cards from Maria Brodsky, widow of Josef Brodsky, with photographs of their daughter Anna; a fundraising letter from the Joseph Brodsky Memorial Fellowship Fund; and a greeting card from Diana Myers to Maria Brodsky.
box 2, folder 8-9

Bukovsky, Olga 1985-2012

box 2, folder 8-9

Bukovsky, Nina 1991

box 2, folder 8-9

Bukovsky, Vladimir (letter to him) 2005

box 2, folder 8-9

Gosudarstvennyj literaturno-memorial'nyi muzei Anny Akhmatovoi v Fontannom dome, 2009

box 2, folder 8-9

Gandlevskiî, Sergeî 1995 1997

box 2, folder 8-9

Gasparov, Boris, 1991

box 2, folder 8-9

Gifford, Henry, 1998

box 2, folder 8-9

Golyshev, Viktor (Mika) 1997

box 2, folder 8-9

Katilius, Ramünas circa 1977 1985 1997

box 2, folder 8-9

Kjelberg, Ann 1996-2000

Scope and Contents note

Includes one letter from Diana Myers to Ann Kjelberg (undated) and a letter to Ann Kjelberg from Brodsky's friends regarding Valentina Polukhina's book Iosif Brodskiî: Zhizn', trudy, epokha. Sankt-Peterburg: Zhurnal Zvezda, 1988.
box 2, folder 8-9

Liubin, V. P., 1995

box 2, folder 8-9

McCarthy, Liam, 1977-1979, 2013

box 2, folder 8-9

Memorial, Dobrovol'noe istoriko-prosvetitel'skoe obshcheestvo 1991

box 2, folder 8-9

Petrushanskaia, Elena 1996

box 2, folder 8-9

State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts 2001

box 2, folder 8-9

Sumerkin, Aleksandr 1977

box 2, folder 10

Writings by Others 1989-1991, undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes writings and translations by unidentified authors and by Sergeî Martirosov and Elena Ushakova.