Alexey Remizov. “At the Evening Dawn”. A chapter from the manuscript; Letters to S.P. Remizova-Dovgello. 1923. Commentaries by Elena Obatnina. Editing by Elena Obatnina and Anna Uriupina

Abstract

The publication presents a chapter from the manuscript “At the Evening Dawn” (1943–1948) by A.M. Remizov, based on author’s letters to his wife, S.P. Remizova-Dovgello, for 1923. The epistolary discourse of the manuscript reflects the circumstances of the second year spent by the spouses in Berlin. Comments give additional biographical material from archival sources. The Appendix contains Remizov’s original letters.

Keywords

• creative biography
• epistolary genre
• archival materials
• emigration
• russian diaspora