The monument to Joseph Brodsky in Moscow. Photo credit: mos.ru (CC BY 4.0)
The Joseph Brodsky Museum Foundation in St. Petersburg will receive another part of the archive of the literary critic Valentina Polukhina, who studied the works of the poet. This decision was made by the heirs of the scientist, the materials will arrive from the UK with the support of the Russian Embassy in this country, TASS reports.
During her lifetime, the specialist donated her archive and personal library to the foundation. To date, the staff of the Likhachev Foundation have sorted out the materials, based on this work, an electronic catalog of the library has been created.
The submitted materials included drafts, audio recordings of interviews with the poet's contemporaries, papers about him in Russian and foreign scientific journals, correspondence between the literary critic and Brodsky's friends, and lifetime editions of the poet.
The heirs of the literary critic decided to transfer to the organization the rest of the archive of Valentina Polukhina and her husband, translator of Russian poetry Daniel Weisbort. It is noted that the fund will receive over 2,000 books, mainly by Russian, British and American poets.
The Joseph Brodsky Museum Foundation hopes that in the coming year the organization will be able to receive and process the archive.
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