Inventory of the Bengt Jangfeldt papers

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1 No online items Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Archives Staff Hoover Institution Archives 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA, (650) C38 1

2 Title: Bengt Jangfeldt Date (inclusive): Collection Number: 2018C38 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: Russian, English, and Swedish Physical Description: 27 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 8 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder(24.6 linear feet) Abstract: Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to Russian literature and especially to Joseph Brodsky and Vladimir Mayakovsky. Includes correspondence with Brodsky and research material collected for a biography of Mayakovsky and other publications. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Creator: Jangfeldt, Bengt, Access Boxes 2-3 closed until 2024 January 24. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Bengt Jangfeldt, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Archives Acquisition Information Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. Biographical Note Bengt Jangfeldt, born 1948 in Stockholm, is a Swedish professor, author, translator, and researcher. He worked as an associate professor of Slavonic languages at Stockholm University and from was the chief editor of Artes magazine. His biography on Axel Munthe, Axel Munthe: The Road to San Michele, was published in 2003 and won the Swedish Academy's prize for biography. He published another large-scale biography about the myth-garlanded Russian poet Mayakovsky in 2007 and was awarded the prestigious August Prize for non-fiction. Jangfeldt also published a biography of Raoul Wallenberg, who, at immense personal risk, rescued many of Budapest's Jews from the Holocaust. Jangfeldt also translated works from Joseph Brodsky and other Russian poets and prose-writers into Swedish. He was a close friend of Joseph Brodsky during the last ten years of Brodsky's life, which resulted in him writing Språket är Gud. Anteckningar om Joseph Brodsky ( Language Is God: Notes about Joseph Brodsky), which was translated into many languages. Scope and Content of Collection Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to Russian literature and especially to Joseph Brodsky and Vladimir Mayakovsky. Includes correspondence with Brodsky and research material collected for a biography of Mayakovsky and other publications. Subjects and Indexing Terms Brodsky, Joseph, Mayakovsky, Vladimir, Russian literature. Box 1 Biographical File Box C38 2

3 CLOSED Box 3 CLOSED Box 4 Joseph Brodsky File Box 5 Joseph Brodsky File (continued) Box 6 Vladimir Mayakovsky File Box 7 Box 7 Box 8 Box 9 Box 10 Box 11 Box 12 Box 13 Box 13 Roman Jakobson File Box 14 Igor Severianin File Box 15 Igor Severianin File (continued) Box 16 Lili Brik File 2018C38 3

4 Lili Brik File (continued) Vasili A. Katanian File Osip Brik File Box 18 Osip Brik File (continued) Box 19 Khardzhiev File Arkadii Vaksberg File Mikhail Kuz'min File Osip Madel'shtam File Subject File Box 21 Box 22 Box 23 Box 24 Box 24 Box 25 Russian Avant-Garde Russian Avant-Garde: Rare publications Russian Avant-Garde: Futurizm Futurizm Futurizm (continued) Far East publications Proletkul't Box 26 Printed Matter Contains Jangfeldt's conference and essays as well as books by other authors with inscriptions, including works by Gennady Aigi, Joseph Brodsky, and Alexis Rannit. Box 27 Research Materials Card catalog with excerpts for research. 2018C38 4

5 Subject File Oversize Materials Box 28 Printed matter, clippings, and an etching Box 28 Clippings and photocopies Map case Poster and clippings Box 30 Microfilm Reels Microfilmed research materials Box 31 Microfilm Reels (continued) Box 32 Video Recordings Box 33 Box 33 Box 34 Box 35 Sound Recordings Contains cassette tapes, sound reels, and a record. Includes interviews by Jangfeldt of Lili Birk, Lev Kopelev, Yuri Lotman, Efim Etkind, Andrey Siniavskii, Boris Pasternak, and others. Box 36 Sound Recordings (continued) 2018C38 5