To the Biography of the Woman Writer Nadezhda A. Lappo-Danilevskaia
| Autor: | Konstantin Yu. Lappo-Danilevskii |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />French<br />Russian |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Studia Litterarum, Vol 8, Iss 3, Pp 298-321 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2500-4247 2541-8564 |
| DOI: | 10.22455/2500-4247-2023-8-3-298-321 |
| Popis: | The paper checks and reviews a number of key moments in the generally accepted biography of Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Lappo-Danilevskaia (born Liutkevich; 1871–1951), one of the most popular women writers of prerevolutionary Russia and of the Russian emigration, — a biography based first of foremost on information that she herself supplied. It establishes the correct date of her birth (September 29, 1871) and the most plausible birthplace (Mogilev, not Kiev); information about her father’s career and her close relatives is also reported. Materials from various Russian and Western archives allow us to elucidate important episodes of her life, such as: her marriage to the composer Sergei Sergeevich Lappo-Danilevskii (1868–1957) and the birth of their children; her singing career; the censorship of her novel “Princess Mara” (1914); the history of the English translation of her novel “A Russian Gentleman” and of its two editions (both 1917; in New York and in London); her literary and theatrical contacts in exile. Finally the fate of Lappo-Danilevskaia’s memoirs, written in French, is considered; their whereabouts are currently unknown. |
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