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«REALITY, NOT A TERRIBLE DREAM» (A LETTER FROM E. K. TSVETKOVSKAYA TO V. F. ZEELER)
 
PIIS013160950023199-2-1
DOI10.31860/0131-6095-2022-4-85-90
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Konstantin Azadovsky 
Occupation: Full Member
Affiliation: Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Address: Russian Federation,
Journal nameRusskaia literatura
Edition4
Pages85-90
Abstract

This article features a previously unknown letter from Elena Tsvetkovskaya, the wife of Konstantin Balmont, to Vladimir Zeeler, a Russian lawyer, journalist and public figure. It sheds new light on Balmont’s final years which were spent in a small town Noisy-le-Grand, outside of Paris, where Balmont and Tsvetkovskaya had survived the 1940 Nazi invasion of France. Tsvetkovskaya’s letter and related documents, published here, are permeated by a sense of despair and impending disaster. They testify that Balmont’s and Elena’s last years were a time of poverty and chaos, of daily humiliations, aggravated by the misfortunes of their daughter Mirra, and of constant dependance on charity and handouts.

KeywordsK. D. Balmont, E. K. Tsvetkovskaya, Bakhmeteff Archive, Noisy-le-Grand, Union of Russian Writers and Journalists, charity.
Received22.11.2022
Publication date30.11.2022
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