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EDITOR's NOTE: The Saint Petersburg publisher SYMPOSIUM <symposium@neva.spb.ru>
has just announced publication of the third volume of its "Collected
Russian Nabokov." This edition, authorized by the Nabokov Estate, is by
far the best of all Russian Nabokov editions and should be used as the
standard edition for citation by all who write about Nabokov's Russian
works. The edition has a splendid editorial apparatus with copious
annotations by well-known Russian Nabokov specialists who are familiar
with current Western Nabokov scholarship. Individual volumes or the entire
set can be ordered directly from SYMPOSIUM <symposium@neva.spb.ru>.
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VLADIMIR NABOKOV's COLLECTED RUSSIAN LANGUAGE WORKS
THE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORIZED EDITION IN FIVE VOLUMES.
Compiled by Natalia Artemenko-Tolstaya.
SYMPOSIUM Publishing House, St.Petersburg, Russia.
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VOLUME 1 (Green*) Until 1926. 830 Pages.
The first volume opens with Dolinin's essay "Istinnaya zhizn'
pisatelya Sirina" and falls into the subdivisions below.
I. Stories: Divided into uncollected and those pre-1926 stories in
Vozvrashchenie Chorba.
II. Prose Translations: 1) Romain Rolland's Colas Breugnon [NIKOLKA
PERSIK]; 2) Lewis Carroll's ANYA V STRANE CHUDES [Alice in Wonderland].
III. Poetry: All of the poetry published in VN's collections plus
uncollected items and VN's poetry translations of Seamus O'Sullivan,
Ronsard, and Baudelaire.
IV. Plays (all, with the sole exception of "Tragediya gospodina Morna")
V. Essays & Reviews.
Plus 60 pages of Maria Malikova's Notes.
Issued in April 1999.
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VOLUME 2 (Blue) 1926--1st half of 1930. 780 Pages.
Introduction essay "Istinnaya zhizn' pisatelya Sirina: Pervye romany" by
Alexander Dolinin.
I.Novels: MASHEN'kA. KOROL', DAMA, VALET. ZASCHITA LUZHINA.
II. Stories: 1926-1930 in Vozvraschenie Chorba; Uncollected stories:
Britva. Rozhdestvenskii Rasskaz.
III. Poetry: 1926-30 in Vozvraschenie Chorba; Uncollected poetry of the
same period (including two version of Rasstrel); Poetry translations
(including A.Tennison's "In Memoriam").
IV. Play: Chelovek iz SSSR, Act 1.
V. Reviews (including reviews on "The Exhibition of A. Nakhman-Acharia",
M.Stoian "Kham", I.Odoevtseva "Isolda", Pamiati U.Aikhenvalda)
Detailed notes by Maria Malikova (Mashenka, Plays), Vera Polischuk
(Korol', Dama, Valet), Olga Skonechnaya (Zaschita Luzhina), Yuri Leving
(Stories, Poetry), Roman Timenchik (Reviews).
Newly described divergences of the different editions of the novels and,
especially, of the poetry.
Issued 1st of OCTOBER 1999.
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VOLUME 3 (Violet) 1930- July 1934. Approx. 830 Pages.
Introduction essay by Alexander Dolinin.
I. Novels: SOGLIADATAI (Short novel). PODVIG. CAMERA OBSCURA. OTCHAYANIE.
II. Stories: Stories of Sogliadatai, of Vesna v Fialte.
III. Poetry: Poetry of ‘Stikhotvorenia 1929—1951’, Russian poetry of ‘Poems and Problems’, Uncollected items; Poetry translations.
IV. Reviews and essays.
Detailed notes by Olga Skonechnaya (Sogliadatai, Otchayanie, Fialta
Stories), Grigori Utgof (Podvig), Alexander Yanovskii (Camera
Obscura),Yuri Leving (Sogliadatai Stories), Maria Malikova (Poetry), Roman
Timenchik (Reviews and essay).
Issued 31st of January 2000.
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VOLUME 4 (Scarlet) 1935-1937. Approx. 800 Pages.
Introduction essay by Alexnder Dolinin.
I. Novels: DAR. PRIGLASHENIE NA KAZN'.
II. Stories: Stories of Sogliadatai, of Vesna v Fialte.
III. Reviews and essay.
Notes by Alexander Dolinin, Maria Malikova, Yuri Leving, Olga Skonechnaya,
Roman Timenchik.
Planned issue in April 2000.
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VOLUME 5 (Yellow/Gold) 1938—1977. Approx. 800 Pages.
Introduction by Alexander Dolinin.
I.SOLUS REX. ULTIMA THULE(Chapters of the Unfinished novel). VOLSHEBNIK (Short novel).
II. DRUGIE BEREGA. (Autobiography).
III. Stories: Stories of Vesna v Fialte.
IV. Plays: Sobytie. Izobretenie Val'sa.
V. Poetry: Poetry of _Stikhotvorenia 1929-1951,_Russian items of _Poems
and Problems_, Uncollected poetry.
VI. Essays and Reviews.
Notes by Alexander Dolinin, Maria Malikova, Olga Skonechnaya, Roman Timenchik.
Planned issue in Summer 2000.
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* The colour of bookend of the volume marks its number instead of #.
Contents is the subject to slight change because small Nabokov texts may
continue to be discovered during the process of editing (there were two
ones yesterday). This is the final division of the volumes. The known
items not included in this Collection we hope, in future, to gather into
The Supplement. Publishers would be glad to answer on any questions
about Collection by e-mail.
has just announced publication of the third volume of its "Collected
Russian Nabokov." This edition, authorized by the Nabokov Estate, is by
far the best of all Russian Nabokov editions and should be used as the
standard edition for citation by all who write about Nabokov's Russian
works. The edition has a splendid editorial apparatus with copious
annotations by well-known Russian Nabokov specialists who are familiar
with current Western Nabokov scholarship. Individual volumes or the entire
set can be ordered directly from SYMPOSIUM <symposium@neva.spb.ru>.
--------------------------------------
VLADIMIR NABOKOV's COLLECTED RUSSIAN LANGUAGE WORKS
THE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORIZED EDITION IN FIVE VOLUMES.
Compiled by Natalia Artemenko-Tolstaya.
SYMPOSIUM Publishing House, St.Petersburg, Russia.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VOLUME 1 (Green*) Until 1926. 830 Pages.
The first volume opens with Dolinin's essay "Istinnaya zhizn'
pisatelya Sirina" and falls into the subdivisions below.
I. Stories: Divided into uncollected and those pre-1926 stories in
Vozvrashchenie Chorba.
II. Prose Translations: 1) Romain Rolland's Colas Breugnon [NIKOLKA
PERSIK]; 2) Lewis Carroll's ANYA V STRANE CHUDES [Alice in Wonderland].
III. Poetry: All of the poetry published in VN's collections plus
uncollected items and VN's poetry translations of Seamus O'Sullivan,
Ronsard, and Baudelaire.
IV. Plays (all, with the sole exception of "Tragediya gospodina Morna")
V. Essays & Reviews.
Plus 60 pages of Maria Malikova's Notes.
Issued in April 1999.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VOLUME 2 (Blue) 1926--1st half of 1930. 780 Pages.
Introduction essay "Istinnaya zhizn' pisatelya Sirina: Pervye romany" by
Alexander Dolinin.
I.Novels: MASHEN'kA. KOROL', DAMA, VALET. ZASCHITA LUZHINA.
II. Stories: 1926-1930 in Vozvraschenie Chorba; Uncollected stories:
Britva. Rozhdestvenskii Rasskaz.
III. Poetry: 1926-30 in Vozvraschenie Chorba; Uncollected poetry of the
same period (including two version of Rasstrel); Poetry translations
(including A.Tennison's "In Memoriam").
IV. Play: Chelovek iz SSSR, Act 1.
V. Reviews (including reviews on "The Exhibition of A. Nakhman-Acharia",
M.Stoian "Kham", I.Odoevtseva "Isolda", Pamiati U.Aikhenvalda)
Detailed notes by Maria Malikova (Mashenka, Plays), Vera Polischuk
(Korol', Dama, Valet), Olga Skonechnaya (Zaschita Luzhina), Yuri Leving
(Stories, Poetry), Roman Timenchik (Reviews).
Newly described divergences of the different editions of the novels and,
especially, of the poetry.
Issued 1st of OCTOBER 1999.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VOLUME 3 (Violet) 1930- July 1934. Approx. 830 Pages.
Introduction essay by Alexander Dolinin.
I. Novels: SOGLIADATAI (Short novel). PODVIG. CAMERA OBSCURA. OTCHAYANIE.
II. Stories: Stories of Sogliadatai, of Vesna v Fialte.
III. Poetry: Poetry of ‘Stikhotvorenia 1929—1951’, Russian poetry of ‘Poems and Problems’, Uncollected items; Poetry translations.
IV. Reviews and essays.
Detailed notes by Olga Skonechnaya (Sogliadatai, Otchayanie, Fialta
Stories), Grigori Utgof (Podvig), Alexander Yanovskii (Camera
Obscura),Yuri Leving (Sogliadatai Stories), Maria Malikova (Poetry), Roman
Timenchik (Reviews and essay).
Issued 31st of January 2000.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VOLUME 4 (Scarlet) 1935-1937. Approx. 800 Pages.
Introduction essay by Alexnder Dolinin.
I. Novels: DAR. PRIGLASHENIE NA KAZN'.
II. Stories: Stories of Sogliadatai, of Vesna v Fialte.
III. Reviews and essay.
Notes by Alexander Dolinin, Maria Malikova, Yuri Leving, Olga Skonechnaya,
Roman Timenchik.
Planned issue in April 2000.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VOLUME 5 (Yellow/Gold) 1938—1977. Approx. 800 Pages.
Introduction by Alexander Dolinin.
I.SOLUS REX. ULTIMA THULE(Chapters of the Unfinished novel). VOLSHEBNIK (Short novel).
II. DRUGIE BEREGA. (Autobiography).
III. Stories: Stories of Vesna v Fialte.
IV. Plays: Sobytie. Izobretenie Val'sa.
V. Poetry: Poetry of _Stikhotvorenia 1929-1951,_Russian items of _Poems
and Problems_, Uncollected poetry.
VI. Essays and Reviews.
Notes by Alexander Dolinin, Maria Malikova, Olga Skonechnaya, Roman Timenchik.
Planned issue in Summer 2000.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* The colour of bookend of the volume marks its number instead of #.
Contents is the subject to slight change because small Nabokov texts may
continue to be discovered during the process of editing (there were two
ones yesterday). This is the final division of the volumes. The known
items not included in this Collection we hope, in future, to gather into
The Supplement. Publishers would be glad to answer on any questions
about Collection by e-mail.