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Box 6

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Contains 50 Results:

Letters, Eduard Limonov from Marilyn Mazer [?], 1978 August

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 434
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-434
Scope and Contents

These letters focus on Mazer's experiences in Jerusalem. She served as the inspiration for one of the characters in Limonov's novel Eto ia Edichka.

Dates: 1978 August

Letter, Eduard Limonov from Iurii Miloslavskii, 1980 January 30

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 435
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-435
Scope and Contents

Miloslavskii sent this letter to Limonov from Jerusalem, where he worked as a correspondent for Radio Liberty.

Dates: 1980 January 30

Letters, Eduard Limonov from his parents, 1980 January-1980 March

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 436
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-436
Scope and Contents

The letters are addressed to Limonov from his parents, Veniamin Savenko and Raisa Zybina. It appears that Raisa composed the letters herself. She expresses a sense of isolation from her son and implores him to write more often.

Dates: 1980 January-1980 March

Letters, Eduard Limonov from Aleksandr Radashkevich, 1980 February-1980 November

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 437
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-437
Scope and Contents

Radashkevich worked at Yale University at the time he wrote these letters. They discuss his reaction to Limonov's work.

Dates: 1980 February-1980 November

Letters, Eduard Limonov from Dmitrii Savitskii, 1980 January-1980 April

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 438
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-438
Scope and Contents

In the letters, Savitskii discusses his life in Paris.

Dates: 1980 January-1980 April

Correspondence, Eduard Limonov with Elena Shchapova [de Carli], circa 1974-1976

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 440
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-440
Scope and Contents

Shchapova was married to Limonov from 1973 to 1976. She left the Soviet Union with Limonov in 1974. These 16 letters or notes consist of everyday messages and reminders that the two left for each other while living together in New York City.

Dates: circa 1974-1976

Letters, Eduard Limonov to Elena Shchapova [de Carli], circa 1976

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 441
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-441
Scope and Contents

Limonov composed these letters in the midst of his breakup and eventual divorce from Shchapova.

Dates: circa 1976

Letters, Eduard Limonov to Elena Shchapova [de Carli], circa 1976

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 442
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-442
Scope and Contents

Limonov composed these letters in the midst of his breakup and eventual divorce from Shchapova. In them he expresses his desire for her to keep her things after he leaves.

Dates: circa 1976

Letters, Eduard Limonov to Elena Shchapova [de Carli], 1980 Februray 21

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 443
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-443
Scope and Contents

Limonov composed this letter after Shchapova had remarried. Two drafts of the letter are present in the folder, in addition to an envelope. However, it is unclear whether or not Limonov sent the letter to her.

Dates: 1980 Februray 21

Letter, Eduard Limonov to Mikhail Shemiakin, circa 1977

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 444
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-444
Scope and Contents

A draft of a letter from Limonov to Shemiakin in which he describes his novel Eto ia Edichka.

Dates: circa 1977

Letters, Eduard Limonov from Sasha Sokolov, 1980 January-1980 April

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 445
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-445
Scope and Contents

Sokolov, the renowned author of works like Shkola dlia durakov [A School for Fools], wrote these letters as part of preparations for Limonov's tour of California.

Dates: 1980 January-1980 April

Letter, Eduard Limonov from lena Zvereva, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 446
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-446
Scope and Contents

"Letter" consists of an Easter greeting card.

Dates: undated

Letters, Eduard Limonov from various American Publishers, circa 1979

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 447
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-447
Scope and Contents

A series of letters from publishers including Quadrangle, the New Yorker, and New Directions that all decline Limonov's work for publication. The enclosure consists of a chapter-by-chapter synopsis of It's Me, Edicka.

Dates: circa 1979

Letter, Eduard Limonov from Carl Proffer, 1979 May 3

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 448
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-448
Scope and Contents

Proffer was a literary scholar and co-founder of the publishing house Ardis. In this letter, he expresses his decision not to publish Limonov's novel Eto ia Edichka.

Dates: 1979 May 3

Correspondence, Eduard Limonov with Roger Straus, 1979 June-1979 October

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 449
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-449
Scope and Contents

In these letters, Limonov and Straus discuss the possibility of publishing It's me, Edichka through Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc.

Dates: 1979 June-1979 October

Letter, Eduard Limonov to Daniel Weissbort, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 450
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-450
Scope and Contents

Daniel Weissbort co-founded the journal Modern Poetry in Translation with Ted Hughes. In this letter, Limonov presents a series of poems from his book The Secret Notebook for Weissbort's consideration.

Dates: undated

Letters, Eduard Limonov to The New York Times, circa 1976

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 451
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-451
Scope and Contents

Several open letters, some with drafts, that Limonov and Valentin Prussakov addressed to The New York Times.

Dates: circa 1976

Letters, Eduard Limonov to unnamed editors, circa 1976

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 452
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-452
Scope and Contents

Letters to the editors of two media outlets about their coverage of various issues, including the lives of emigres in New York City and the government's treatment of Patricia Hearst.

Dates: circa 1976

Letter, Eduard Limonov to the editors of, 1978 April 18

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 453
Identifier: MSE/REE 0006-453
Scope and Contents

Letter to the editor of The Village Voice about the newspaper's coverage of events in the Middle East.

Dates: 1978 April 18