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Pushkin & VN Celebrated in U.W.Exhibit (***) (fwd)
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From: Galya Diment <galya@u.washington.edu>
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Russian Writers Celebrated in the University of Washington's
Suzzallo/Allen Library Exhibit (October 11 - December 15)
A fall quarter exhibit on the Allen Library mezzanine marks the
bicentennial and centennial, respectively, of two authors widely
acknowledged as geniuses of Russian and American literary culture,
Alexander Pushkin (born 1799) and Vladimir Nabokov (born 1899).
Using materials from the UW Libraries' collections, the exhibit highlights
the major achievements of both writers and illustrates the social contexts
in which they lived and worked--both in provincial Russia and its
pre-revolutionary capital, St. Petersburg, and--in Nabokov's case--as an
emigre in Berlin, Paris, the U.S., and Montreux, Switzerland. Captions
featuring key quotations from the works of both writers convey the essence
of their unique creative impulse and how it continues to shape both the
Russian and American imagination.
The exhibit also features a facsimile edition of Pushkin's sketchbooks, a
collection of manuscript letters written and signed by Nabokov, and,
courtesy of UW's Burke Museum, specimens of the "Nabokov blue," a species
of butterfly discovered by Nabokov, who was an expert lepidopterist.
Computer access to multimedia resources pertaining to both Nabokov and
Pushkin will also be provided. The exhibit was designed by UW graduate
students (D. Lynne Walker and Sofiya Yuzefpolskaya) in Russian literature,
with support from the UW Libraries and UW's Department of Slavic Languages
& Literatures.
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Russian Writers Celebrated in the University of Washington's
Suzzallo/Allen Library Exhibit (October 11 - December 15)
A fall quarter exhibit on the Allen Library mezzanine marks the
bicentennial and centennial, respectively, of two authors widely
acknowledged as geniuses of Russian and American literary culture,
Alexander Pushkin (born 1799) and Vladimir Nabokov (born 1899).
Using materials from the UW Libraries' collections, the exhibit highlights
the major achievements of both writers and illustrates the social contexts
in which they lived and worked--both in provincial Russia and its
pre-revolutionary capital, St. Petersburg, and--in Nabokov's case--as an
emigre in Berlin, Paris, the U.S., and Montreux, Switzerland. Captions
featuring key quotations from the works of both writers convey the essence
of their unique creative impulse and how it continues to shape both the
Russian and American imagination.
The exhibit also features a facsimile edition of Pushkin's sketchbooks, a
collection of manuscript letters written and signed by Nabokov, and,
courtesy of UW's Burke Museum, specimens of the "Nabokov blue," a species
of butterfly discovered by Nabokov, who was an expert lepidopterist.
Computer access to multimedia resources pertaining to both Nabokov and
Pushkin will also be provided. The exhibit was designed by UW graduate
students (D. Lynne Walker and Sofiya Yuzefpolskaya) in Russian literature,
with support from the UW Libraries and UW's Department of Slavic Languages
& Literatures.