Studies on A.M. Remizov’s creative biography: “…either to Russia, or to Paris…” 1923

Abstract

The article presents a fragment of Alexey Remizov’s biography, dedicated to the period of his life in Berlin. Based on rare archival documents and memoirs of contemporaries related to 1923, a complete picture of the writer’s life and works at one of the turning points of his life is created. The article forms a historical and literary context to the chapter from Remizov’s manuscript “At the Evening Dawn”, 1923.

Keywords

• creative biography
• epistolary heritage
• archival materials
• émigré culture and literature