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Evgenii Ivanovich Zamiatin Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Zami︠a︡tin, Evgeniĭ Ivanovich, 1884-1937

Evgenii Ivanovich Zamiatin was a Russian playwright, novelist, and storywriter.

Consists of selected papers, in Russian and English, of Zamiatin, primarily after 1931, when he emigrated to Paris, France. Included are autograph and typed manuscripts for a short story, "The Dragon," two articles, "The Modern Russian Theater" and "The Future of the Theater," and four synopses or scenarios for film or theater treatments, "D-503" (a film scenario for Zamiatin's negative utopian novel We), "The Flea," "In Siberia," and "Master of Asia." Also present are nine letters (1932-1933) to George Reavey, the Irish poet and translator of Russian literature, and one letter (1934) to the theater director Theodore Komisarjevsky.

Originally catalogued in C0140.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2002
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Consists of "The Flea" [Blokha], "The Future of the Theater" [Budushchee teatra], and "The Modern Russian Theater," as well as others.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Physical Description

1 box

"D - 503", undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

synopsis of a film scenario for the novel We, TMsS (in English) with autograph corrections, 4 pp.

Physical Description

1 folder

"The Dragon" [Drakon], 1918. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

short story, AMsS (in Russian), 3 pp.

Physical Description

1 folder

"The Flea" [Blokha], 1925. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

synopsis of a play in 4 acts, TMs (in English), 4 pp.

Physical Description

1 folder

"The Future of the Theater" [Budushchee teatra], undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

article, AMsS (in Russian), 9 pp.

Physical Description

1 folder

"In Siberia" [Na Kulichkakh], undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

synopsis of a novel, TMs (in English), 4 pp.

Physical Description

1 folder

"Master of Asia", 1936. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

scenario, "registered by the Société des Auteurs in Paris," TMsS (in English), with autograph corrections, 18 pp.

Physical Description

1 folder

"The Modern Russian Theater", undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

article, TMsS (in English), with autograph corrections, 20 pp.

Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of letters to Theodore Komisarjevsky and George Reavey.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Physical Description

1 box

Physical Description

1 box

1 ALS (in Russian), 1934. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Description

1 box

4 ALsS, 4 ACsS (in English), 1932. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1 ALS (in Russian), 1933. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of 1 invitation to a "Soiré Littéraire du Eugène Zamiatine" at the Salle du Grand Orient de France.

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Physical Description

1 box

1 invitation to a "Soiré Littéraire du Eugène Zamiatine" at the Salle du Grand Orient de France, 1932. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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