????? ['Ogon'; 'Fire'].
EHRENBURG, Ilya Grigorievich.
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From Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 30 June 1998
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8vo, pp. 39, [1 (advertisements)]; lightly toned, but in good condition in the original printed wrappers, wrappers very lightly worn; 12-line pencil inscription to title (see below); in a black cloth box.First edition of this collection of poems, with a long signed presentation inscription in Russian on title-page to the actress Varvara Alekseeva-Meskhieva in pencil, covering the title-page: 'To dear Varvara Vladimirovna Alekseeva-Meskhieva, from the heart, Ehrenburg. On the eve of departure to M[-?]. I see you now - Mary, but Mary once again as Clotilda, and I wish to be a choirboy, and to sing "Hail Mary, oh lost heart!" It is true, I love [you] very much. Il E.' (trans.). The allusion to Mary is in the style of a prayer, a motif also used elsewhere by Ehrenburg, who produced a similar inscription for Ariadna Efron, daughter of Marina Tsvetaeva, as recounted in her memoirs: 'To Alya… Hail Mary, our hope, Hail Mary, oh lost heart!' Varvara Alekseeva-Meskhieva (b. 1898) was one of the most famous Soviet actresses, and a popular habitué of the literary salons of Moscow and St Petersburg. She appeared in a variety of roles in theatres including the Moscow Dramatic Theatre and the Theatre of the Red Army in Moscow. She later moved to Tbilisi, where she was elected the leading Soviet artist of Georgia in 1943. Ehrenburg recalls in his memoirs the young actress reading works of Mayakovsky in the House of Media (later The Central House of Journalists) in March 1921. Although perhaps better known in the West as a prose writer and journalist, Ehrenburg (1891 1967) began his literary career as a poet. The present collection, published in the south-eastern Belarussian town of Gomel, is one of eleven collections of his poetry published between 1911 and 1923. The title is taken from Luke 12:49: 'I am come to send fire on the earth…' Kilgour 295; Tarasenkov, p. 424. Language: Russian. Seller Inventory # F1855
Bibliographic Details
Title: ????? ['Ogon'; 'Fire'].
Publisher: [Gomel,] "Veka i Dni", 1919.
Publication Date: 1919
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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