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First edition of this translation and these illustrations. First Carême's Russian book.
This poem, written by Maurice Carême (1899-1978), a Belgian francophone poet, made its debut in 1947. The translation work was undertaken by Mikhail Kudinov (1922-1994). In 1948, during his tenure as a student at the philology faculty of Moscow State University, he was accused for engaging in anti-Soviet activities, leading to his incarceration in a camp. After his release in 1954, Kudinov resumed his studies and went on to establish himself as a significant translator of works by renowned figures such as Arthur Rimbaud and Guillaume Apollinaire, as well as various other classical and contemporary French poets.The book's design was created by the distinguished children's book illustrator, Fyodor Lemkul (1914-1995). It is plausible that the artistic style and thematic elements of the illustrations bear a connection to the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students, held in Moscow in 1957, which marked the inaugural… Read More

Translation by Elsa Triolet. Preface by Ivan Anisimov.Moskva, Khudozhestvennaia literatura, 1934Limited to 15 000 copies. Second edition of the translation of the novel Voyage au bout de la nuit (1932) in Russian. This edition was published eleven months later after first edition. New preface was added, the text of the translation was slightly edited. As original publication of the novel became a bestseller, Leon Trotsky wrote an article, where compared Celine with Rabelais. He invited Elsa Triolet to translate the novel into Russian language. She left Russia in 1919 and became Louis Aragon's wife. The novel was published in USSR with substantive cuts and Celine accused Elsa Triolet and Louis Aragon of distortion of the text. According to François Gibault, Celine's biographer, novel was translated by unknown person in Moscow. Triolet only helped him or her to understand the meaning of some words. Later Soviet critic called Celine as 'aesthetics of mud' after the publication of the novel Mort a credit… Read More