First published by Collins and Harvill Press in 1971.
Osip Mandel'shtam Books
Osip Mandelstam was a prominent Russian poet and essayist, recognized as a leading figure of the Acmeist movement. His work is characterized by a profound engagement with language, culture, and history, often drawing on classical traditions. Despite enduring repression and internal exile during the Soviet era, his writing stands as a testament to the resilience of artistic expression in the face of adversity. His poetry is celebrated for its intellectual depth, concision, and potent imagery.
Selected Poems
- 182 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Osip Mandelstam is a central figure not only in modern Russian but in world poetry, the author of some of the most haunting and memorable poems of the twentieth century. A contemporary of Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetayeva, and Boris Pasternak, a touchstone for later masters such as Paul Celan and Robert Lowell, Mandelstam was a crucial instigator of the "revolution of the word" that took place in St. Petersburg, only to be crushed by the Bolshevik Revolution. Mandelstam's last poems, written in the interval between his exile to the provinces by Stalin and his death in the Gulag, are an extraordinary testament to the endurance of art in the presence of terror. This book represents a collaboration between the scholar Clarence Brown and W. S. Merwin, one of contemporary America's finest poets and translators. It also includes Mandelstam's "Conversation on Dante," an uncategorizable work of genius containing the poet's deepest reflections on the nature of the poetic process.
Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938) is one of the key figures of 20th-century Russian culture, with a unique and distinctive poetic voice. "In the craft of words, I value only wild meat, only mad growth," Mandelstam defined the peculiarity of his autobiographical prose, where he consciously breaks the classical narrative form, as the external events of individual destinies are pushed to the background. Mandelstam's prose, with its aphoristic, concise, and dense linguistic fabric, is primarily the "noise of time," not a chronicle, but an oratorio of the epoch.
Journey to Armenia
- 80 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Осип Мандельштам (1891–1938) — одна из ключевых фигур русской культуры XX века, ее совершенно особый и самобытный поэтический голос. «В ремесле словесном я ценю только дикое мясо, только сумасшедший нарост», — так определял Мандельштам особенность своей прозы с ее афористичной, лаконичной, плотной языковой тканью.
Осип Мандельштам. Четвёртая проза. Избранное. Книга 1 включает произведения: Египетская марка; Шум времени; Феодосия; Холодное лето; Сухаревка; Меньшевики в Грузии; Путешествие в Армению; Четвёртая проза. В книге также представлен очерк Н. Берковского "О прозе Мандельштама" и примечания. Книга 2 содержит стихи: Утро акмеизма; Стихи 1906 - 1915 годов; Слово и культура; Стихи 1916 - 1921 годов; Гуманизм и современность; Стихи 1921 - 1925 годов; Разговор о Данте; Стихи 1930 - 1937 годов.