Marina Tsvetaeva, Her Life in Poems - Rolf Gross
Marina Tsvetaeva, Her Life in Poems - Rolf Gross
Marina Tsvetaeva, Her Life in Poems - Rolf Gross
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Sources and References<br />
Frequently quoted books:<br />
VS--Viktoria Schweitzer “<strong>Tsvetaeva</strong>”, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, New York 1993 (hardcover)<br />
(English)<br />
Russian orig<strong>in</strong>al: Виктория Швейцер “Быть и Бытие Маринй Цветаевой” (“Byt' i Bytie<br />
Mar<strong>in</strong>iy Tsvetaevoy”), S<strong>in</strong>taksis, Paris 1988<br />
A thorougly researched biography, relatively unbiased, written before Pasternak's<br />
correspondence became available<br />
PTR--Letters: Summer 1926, Boris Pasternak, <strong>Mar<strong>in</strong>a</strong> <strong>Tsvetaeva</strong>, Ra<strong>in</strong>er Maria Rilke” –<br />
Preface by Susan Sontag, N.Y. Review Books. New York, 2001 (English)<br />
Limited Onl<strong>in</strong>e Preview at Amazon.com<br />
German edition: “Briefwechsel Rilke/<strong>Tsvetaeva</strong>/Pasternak”, Insel Verlag, 1983, ISBN 978-<br />
3458140719<br />
Asya --Anastassia Zwetajewa, “K<strong>in</strong>dheit mit <strong>Mar<strong>in</strong>a</strong>” Ullste<strong>in</strong>, Frankfurt-Berl<strong>in</strong>, 1992<br />
(paperback) (German)<br />
Russian orig<strong>in</strong>al: Анастасия Цветаева, “Воспоминания”, Советский Писатель, Москва,<br />
1971+1982<br />
<strong>Mar<strong>in</strong>a</strong>'s sister Anastasia's (Asya) recollections written <strong>in</strong> 1970-71.<br />
Mariana's daughter Ariadna's (Alya) memoirs written after her rehabilitation <strong>in</strong> 1957<br />
Alya – Ariadna Efron, “No Love Without Poetry: The Memoirs of <strong>Mar<strong>in</strong>a</strong> <strong>Tsvetaeva</strong>'s<br />
Daughter”<br />
Northwestern U. Press, 2009 (English)<br />
VB - Solomon Volkov, Conversations with Joseph Brodsky: A Poet's Journey Through the<br />
20th Century. Simon and Schuster, 2002 (English)<br />
Onl<strong>in</strong>e Google Books, Excerpt: Discussion of <strong>Tsvetaeva</strong>, p.40-47,<br />
An illum<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>terview pitt<strong>in</strong>g Volkov's unabashed dislike of <strong>Tsvetaeva</strong> aga<strong>in</strong>st Brodsky'<br />
superior understand<strong>in</strong>g of the moral (ideological) position of her.<br />
Ela<strong>in</strong>e Fe<strong>in</strong>ste<strong>in</strong>,et al “<strong>Mar<strong>in</strong>a</strong> <strong>Tsvetaeva</strong>, Selected <strong>Poems</strong>,” Pegu<strong>in</strong> Books (paperback) 1994<br />
Probably the best English translations of <strong>Tsvetaeva</strong>'s poems (limited selection, not<br />
bil<strong>in</strong>gual, only years given, some notes on the method of translat<strong>in</strong>g)<br />
<strong>Mar<strong>in</strong>a</strong> Zwetajewa, “Versuch, eifersüchtig zu se<strong>in</strong>” Edited by Ilma Rakusa, Bibliothek<br />
Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 2002 (hardcover)<br />
A bil<strong>in</strong>gual anthology orig<strong>in</strong>ally translated by an East-German authors collective (German-<br />
Russian)<br />
“<strong>Mar<strong>in</strong>a</strong> Zwetajewa, Gedichte, Prosa,” edited by Fritz Mierau, Reclam, Leipzig, DDR 1987,<br />
ISBN 3-379-00067-1 My first bil<strong>in</strong>gual <strong>Tsvetaeva</strong> anthology, still useful (paperback)<br />
(German-Russian)<br />
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