Poetry from Biblionne

One of 3 000 copies printed. First edition. The suppression of the counterrevolutionary kulak rebellion, led by Ulyalaev, is a notable historical event. In the initial edition of the poem, the literary portrayal of Ulyalaev garnered more attention than that of the communists. As a result, the first edition was confiscated. Subsequently, the text underwent revisions and was republished multiple times. Wolfgang Kasack… Read more about this item

One of 10 000 copies printed. Ukrainian poet Andrey Malyshko (1912-1970) penned these verses after his visit to the USA and Canada in 1950, a time when the World War II alliance between Russia and the USA had become a distant memory. The full-blown Cold War dominated the political landscape, and there were no traces of their former friendship evident in… Read more about this item

Rare samizdat edition of the verses and poem 'Gorbunov and Gorchakov' by Joseph Brodsky. The poem revolves around conversations between Gorbunov and Gorchakov, both of whom are depicted as patients in a mental asylum, resembling a prison-like environment. Brodsky composed this 'auto-therapeutic' poem, often referred to as 'long verses,' between 1965 and 1968. It stands as one of Brodsky's most… Read more about this item

Collection of verses by the prominent Soviet poet Demyan Bedny (Yefim Pridvorov; 1883-1945). These verses are devoted to Middle East women who want to break free and to be independent from a man's world. We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in USA or European libraries via OCLC.

Shankhai, Epokha, 1943. One of 400 numbered copies printed. Our copy is #112. Rare and unusual Akhmatova's and Pasternak's publications. This poetry anthology was prepared by a sinologist Vladimir Rogov (1906-1988), who worked at the Chinese Eastern Railway and was a press correspondent for TASS in China since 1937. He also participated in creation of Shidai/Epokha pro-Soviet publishing house in Shanghai.… Read more about this item

Second edition [of this design]. Poems about clocks from Russian poetess Elizaveta Polonskaia (1890-1969) - member of The Serapion Brothers group (look Leslie Dorfman Davis, Serapion Sister: The Poetry of Elizaveta Polonskaja. Evanston, IL, 2001). Wolfgang Kasack wrote that her poetry is 'clear and beautiful'. In 20s she worked as a translator into Russian, f.e. works of Shakespeare. The illustrations made… Read more about this item

First and only one edition. Livre d'artiste. Lithographed book. Aleksandr Vvedensky was one the founders the OBERIU group (Union of Real Art). This association considered be one of the most radical poetry groups. The members of the group were attacked in press, then arrested and expelled from Leningrad. Since that Vvedensky started work for children. Nevertheless Vvedensky was arrested and… Read more about this item

One of 15.000 copies printed. First edition. An unusual book of poems published during the beginning of Cold War, but designed as the best Soviet editions of 1930s. Photoillustration is on the front side of the dust jacket, depicting Mayakovsky posing on the Brooklyn Bridge. In 1925 V. Mayakovsky planned to make a trip around the world, but it didn't work out… Read more about this item

[Epic of Manas]. The first publication of the Kyrgyz epic of Manas. Published in Kirgizian language by Cyrillic-based alphabet. Manas is probably the world's longest poem. The whole text was recorded about five hundred years ago, it's traditionally believed that the songs appeared about a thousand years ago. Manas is singing without an accompaniment of any musical instrument. For a long time… Read more about this item

This issue of monthly magazine contains poems by American imagist poets, Hilda "H.D." Doolittle, John Gould Fletcher etc.